開ける

あける

Also written 空ける, 明ける

Meanings

  1. Ichidan verb, Transitive to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to unlock
  2. to open (for business, etc.)
  3. to empty; to remove; to make space; to make room (esp. 空ける)
  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. Ichidan verb, Intransitive 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)
  10. to make (a hole); to open up (a hole)

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