開(あ)けるto open (a door, etc.), to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package), to unlock

Common

1. る-verb, Transitive verb

   1. 1.

      to open (a door, etc.), to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package), to unlock

      Only applies to 開ける

   2. 2.

      to open (for business, etc.)

      Only applies to 開ける

   3. 3.

      to empty, to remove, to make space, to make room

      esp. 空ける

   4. 4.

      to move out, to clear out

      esp. 空ける

   5. 5.

      to be away from (e.g. one's house), to leave (temporarily)

      esp. 空ける

2. る-verb, Intransitive verb

   1. 6.

      to dawn, to grow light

      esp. 明ける

   2. 7.

      to end (of a period, season)

      esp. 明ける

   3. 8.

      to begin (of the New Year)

      esp. 明ける

   4. 9.

      to leave (one's schedule) open, to make time (for)

      esp. 明ける

   5. 10.

      to make (a hole), to open up (a hole)