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開く
Readings
ひらく hiraku
English
Godan verb with 'ku' ending Intransitive verb Transitive verb to open, to undo, to unseal, to unpack Godan verb with 'ku' ending Intransitive verb Transitive verb to bloom, to unfold, to spread out Godan verb with 'ku' ending Intransitive verb Transitive verb to open (for business, e.g. in the morning) Godan verb with 'ku' ending Intransitive verb Transitive verb to be wide (gap, etc.), to widen Godan verb with 'ku' ending Transitive verb to hold (meeting, party, etc.), to give Godan verb with 'ku' ending Transitive verb to found (nation, dynasty, sect, etc.), to open (a new business), to set up, to establish, to start Godan verb with 'ku' ending Transitive verb to open (ports, borders, etc.) Godan verb with 'ku' ending Transitive verb to open (an account) Godan verb with 'ku' ending Transitive verb See also: 拓く to open up (new land, path, etc.), to clear, to develop Godan verb with 'ku' ending Transitive verb Computer terminology to open (a file, etc.) Godan verb with 'ku' ending Transitive verb Mathematics term to extract (root), to reduce (equation) Godan verb with 'ku' ending Transitive verb Food term as 魚を開く to cut open (fish) Godan verb with 'ku' ending Transitive verb to change (kanji into hiragana) Godan verb with 'ku' ending Intransitive verb to flare (e.g. skirt) Godan verb with 'ku' ending Intransitive verb Sports term as 体が開く, 肩が開く, etc. to slacken (into a poor posture)
Present, Future 開く, 開きます [does], will [do] 開かない, 開きません doesn't [do], will not [do] Past 開いた, 開きました [did] 開かなかった, 開きませんでした didn't [do] Te-form, Continuative 開いて, 開きまして 開かないで, 開きませんで 開かなくて Progressive 開いている, 開いています [doing], to be [doing] 開いていない, 開いていません not [doing] Volitional 開こう, 開きましょう let's [do]!, I/we will [do], I/we intend to [do] 開くまい, 開きますまい I will not [do], I do not intend to [do] Imperative 開け, 開きなさい [do] ! 開くな, 開きなさるな don't [do] ! Request 開いてください please [do] 開かないでください please don't [do] Provisional 開けば if X [does], if X [is ~] 開かなければ if X doesn't [do], if X [is not ~] Conditional 開いたら, 開きましたら if X were to [do], when X [does] 開かなかったら, 開きませんでしたら if X weren't to [do], when X doesn't [do] Potential 開ける, 開けます be able to [do], can [do] 開けない, 開けません not be able to [do], can't [do] Passive, Respectful 開かれる, 開かれます is [done] (by ...), will be [done] (by ...) 開かれない, 開かれません isn't [done] (by ...), will not be [done] (by ...) Causative 開かせる, 開かせます makes/will make (someone) [do] 開かせない, 開かせません doesn't/won't make (someone) [do] Causative passive 開かせられる, 開かせられます is made/will be made to [do] (by someone) 開かせられない, 開かせられません isn't made/won't be made to [do] (by someone) ~たい form 開きたい want to [do] 開きたくない don't want to [do]