Vocab Info

N5 う-verb (く), Intransitive verb, Transitive verb

(ひら)to open, to undo, to unseal, to unpack

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    1. う-verb (く), Intransitive verb, Transitive verb

      1.

      to open, to undo, to unseal, to unpack

    2. う-verb (く), Intransitive verb, Transitive verb

      2.

      to bloom, to unfold, to spread out

    3. う-verb (く), Intransitive verb, Transitive verb

      3.

      to open (for business, e.g. in the morning)

    4. う-verb (く), Intransitive verb, Transitive verb

      4.

      to be wide (gap, etc.), to widen

    5. う-verb (く), Transitive verb

      5.

      to hold (meeting, party, etc.), to give, to open

    6. う-verb (く), Transitive verb

      6.

      to found (nation, dynasty, sect, etc.), to open (a new business), to set up, to establish, to start

    7. う-verb (く), Transitive verb

      7.

      to open (ports, borders, etc.)

    8. う-verb (く), Transitive verb

      8.

      to open (an account)

    9. う-verb (く), Transitive verb

      9.

      to open up (new land, path, etc.), to clear, to develop

      See Also:

    10. う-verb (く), Transitive verb

      10.

      to open (a file, etc.)

      Computing
    11. う-verb (く), Transitive verb

      11.

      to extract (root), to reduce (equation)

      Mathematics
    12. う-verb (く), Transitive verb

      12.

      to cut open (fish)

      Food, cooking, as 魚を開く
    13. う-verb (く), Transitive verb

      13.

      to change (kanji into hiragana)

    14. う-verb (く), Intransitive verb

      14.

      to flare (e.g. skirt)

    15. う-verb (く), Intransitive verb

      15.

      to slacken (into a poor posture)

      Sports, as 体が開く, 肩が開く, etc.

    All Forms

    開く 【ひらく】

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    Examples

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      ドア(ひら)

      The door opens.

      • N5

      先生(せんせい):「テキストの14(じゅうよん)ページ(ひら)いてください。」

      Teacher: 'Please open your textbooks to page 14.'

      • N5

      先生(せんせい):「(みな)さん、教科書(きょうかしょ)100(ひゃく)ページを(ひら)きましょう。」

      Teacher: 'Everyone, let's open your textbooks to page 100.'

      • N5

      この遊園(ゆうえん)()(ひら)のは午前(ごぜん)()()で、()まるのは午後(ごご)10(じゅう)()だ。

      This amusement park opens at nine in the morning and closes at ten in the evening.

      • N5

      (うめ)(はな)(ひら)のは、(さくら)(はな)(ひら)よりも(はや)いです。

      The flowers of the apricot tree open even earlier than the flowers of the cherry trees do.

      • N4
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