開あく
Meanings
Verb (5-dan, く, intransitive)
1. to open (e.g. doors)
esp. 開く
2. to open (e.g. business, etc.)
esp. 開く
3. to be empty
esp. 空く
Once I've finally finished taking the orders, I start clearing away the empty plates.
4. to be vacant; to be available; to be free
esp. 空く
Are you free tomorrow night?
5. to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.)
esp. 明く
6. to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
esp. 明く
7. to come to an end
esp. 明く
Verb (5-dan, く, transitive)
8. to open (one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
esp. 明く
Verb (5-dan, く, intransitive)
9. to have a hole; to form a gap; to have an interval (between events)
Even so, there is still a gap of one person's width between them.
Kanji used
open
Pitch accent
あ
く
Top 7900
Used in vocabulary (5 in total)
to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)
the curtain opens (for the start of a play, act, etc.); the curtain rises; to start (of a play); to start (of an event, campaign, etc.); to begin
(staring) piercingly; (looking) hard
Examples (17 in total)
Could it be that it opens from the opposite side?
The car door is frozen shut and won't open.
The entrance door opened automatically.