開く
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Meanings
- to open, to undo, to unseal, to unpack
- to bloom, to unfold, to spread out
- to open (for business, e.g. in the morning)
- to be wide (gap, etc.), to widen
- to hold (meeting, party, etc.), to give, to open
- to found (nation, dynasty, sect, etc.), to open (a new business), to set up, to establish, to start
- to open (ports, borders, etc.)
- to open (an account)
- to open up (new land, path, etc.), to clear, to develop
- to open (a file, etc.)
- to extract (root), to reduce (equation)
- to cut open (fish)
- to change (kanji into hiragana)
- to flare (e.g. skirt)
- to slacken (into a poor posture)
- to extend
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Example sentences
The door opens.
The flowers bloomed beautifully.
This shop opens at eight in the morning.
I prepared a large room in order to hold the meeting.
The gap in ability between the two teams kept widening and widening.
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