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あける
Meanings
Verb (1-dan, transitive)
1. to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to unlock
Open this door for me!
2. to open (for business, etc.)
I could have opened the shop, though.
3. to empty; to remove; to make space; to make room
esp. 空ける
The merchant man who had been sitting in the back willingly made room.
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
Verb (1-dan, intransitive)
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
10. to make (a hole); to open up (a hole)
Alt. forms
開あける
81%
あける
9%
空あける
4%
明あける
3%
Pitch accent
あ
ける
Top 5000
Conjugations...Used in: 2217
Used in vocabulary (36 in total)
to cause a loss; to make a hole (in)
to wrench open; to break open; to pry open; to prise open; to force open
to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)
33 more...
Examples (151 in total)
I slowly opened my eyes.
Don't open this door.
I opened the window all the way.
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