開
open, unfold, unseal
Readings
On'yomi (音読み)
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
Nanori (名乗り)
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Information
Grade:3
Strokes:12
JLPT:4
Frequency:59
Vocabulary
カイ
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 開演 | カイエン | curtain raising; starting (e.g. play, concert) |
| 開花 | カイカ | flowering; blooming; blossoming; coming into bloom; flowering (of a civilization, talent, etc.); blossoming; blooming; bearing fruit (of efforts) |
| 開会 | カイカイ | opening of a meeting |
| 開館 | カイカン | opening (for that day's business; of a library, museum, cinema, etc.); opening (of a new library, museum, cinema, etc.) |
| 開業 | カイギョウ | opening a business; opening a practice |
Other
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 開き直る | ひらきなおる | to become defiant; to fight back; to turn upon; to take the offensive |
| 開く | ひらく | 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; 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; to open (a file, etc.); to extract (root); to reduce (equation); to cut open (fish); to change (kanji into hiragana); to flare (e.g. skirt); to slacken (into a poor posture); to extend |
| 開く | ヒラく | 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; 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; to open (a file, etc.); to extract (root); to reduce (equation); to cut open (fish); to change (kanji into hiragana); to flare (e.g. skirt); to slacken (into a poor posture); to extend |
| 開ける | あける | to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to unlock; to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to make space; to make room; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn; to grow light; to end (of a period, season); to begin (of the New Year); to leave (one's schedule) open; to make time (for); to make (a hole); to open up (a hole) |
| 開ける | ひらける | to open out (of a view, scenery, etc.); to spread out; to become clear (of a road, visibility, etc.); to open up; to improve (of luck, prospects, etc.); to get better; to develop (of a town, civilization, etc.); to become civilized; to modernize; to grow; to advance (of knowledge, ideas, etc.); to be sensible; to be understanding; to be enlightened; to open (of a new road, railway, etc.); to be opened to traffic; to become populous; to become densely built; to become bustling |
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