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#400

Inflections of 開く

Common
Meaning
    1. to open; to undo; to unseal; to unpack
    2. to bloom; to unfold; to spread out
      Little by little, the buds on the rosebush in my garden begin to open.
    3. to open (for business, e.g. in the morning)
    4. to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
    5. to hold (meeting, party, etc.); to give; to open
    6. to found (nation, dynasty, sect, etc.); to open (a new business); to set up; to establish; to start
    7. to open (ports, borders, etc.)
    8. to open (an account)
    9. to open up (new land, path, etc.); to clear; to develop
      See also: 拓く (ひらく)
    10. computing
      to open (a file, etc.)
    11. mathematics
      to extract (root); to reduce (equation)
    12. food, cooking
      to cut open (fish)
      as 魚を開く
    13. to change (kanji into hiragana)
    14. to flare (e.g. skirt)
    15. sports
      to slacken (into a poor posture)
      as 体が開く, 肩が開く, etc.
    16. go (game)
      to extend
      usu. ヒラく
      See also: 開き (ひらき)
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#439

Inflections of 開ける

Common
Meaning
    1. to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to unlock
      Only applies to 開ける
      The three boys opened the doors of the building.
    2. to open (for business, etc.)
      Only applies to 開ける
    3. to empty; to remove; to make space; to make room
      esp. 空ける
      Empty the purse into this bag.
    4. to move out; to clear out
      esp. 空ける
    5. to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily)
      esp. 空ける
    6. to dawn; to grow light
      esp. 明ける
    7. to end (of a period, season)
      esp. 明ける
    8. to begin (of the New Year)
      esp. 明ける
    9. to leave (one's schedule) open; to make time (for)
      esp. 明ける
      Please leave next Saturday afternoon free.
    10. to make (a hole); to open up (a hole)
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