開く
ひらく
Also written ヒラく
Meanings
- Godan verb, Intransitive, Transitive 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
- Godan verb, Transitive 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 See also: 拓く (ひらく).
- to open (a file, etc.)
- to extract (root); to reduce (equation)
- to cut open (fish) (as 魚を開く)
- to change (kanji into hiragana)
- Godan verb, Intransitive to flare (e.g. skirt)
- to slacken (into a poor posture) (as 体が開く, 肩が開く, etc.)
- to extend (usu. ヒラく) See also: 開き (ひらき).
Kanji
- 開 open. Read as ひらく.
Example sentences
- 靴下に穴が開いているよ。
There is a hole in your sock. - 九ページを開きなさい。
Open your book to page nine. - 銀行は何時まで開いていますか。
How late is the bank open? - 銀行は何時から何時まで開いていますか。
What are the banking hours? - 銀行は開いていますか。
Is the bank open?
Common phrases
- 記者会見を開く
- 会見を開く
- 脚を開く
- 会議を開く
- 会合を開く
- 穴が開く (あながあく) to have a hole
- 道を開く (みちをひらく) to open up a path
- ドアが開く
- 扉を開く
- 扉が開く
- 集会を開く
- 個展を開く
- 心を開く (こころをひらく) to open up to someone else
- 店を開く (みせをひらく) to open a business
- 説明会を開く
Related forms
- 開ける (ひらける) to open out (of a view, scenery, etc.) (intransitive partner)
Words containing 開く
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