言葉Kotoba

開く

CommonJLPT N5

Meanings

  1. 01

    Godan verb (く) · Intransitive · Transitive

    to open; to undo; to unseal; to unpack

  2. 02

    Godan verb (く) · Intransitive · Transitive

    to bloom; to unfold; to spread out

  3. 03

    Godan verb (く) · Intransitive · Transitive

    to open (for business, e.g. in the morning)

  4. 04

    Godan verb (く) · Intransitive · Transitive

    to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen

  5. 05

    Godan verb (く) · Transitive

    to hold (meeting, party, etc.); to give; to open

  6. 06

    Godan verb (く) · Transitive

    to found (nation, dynasty, sect, etc.); to open (a new business); to set up; to establish; to start

  7. 07

    Godan verb (く) · Transitive

    to open (ports, borders, etc.)

  8. 08

    Godan verb (く) · Transitive

    to open (an account)

  9. 09

    Godan verb (く) · Transitive

    to open up (new land, path, etc.); to clear; to develop

  10. 10

    Godan verb (く) · Transitive

    to open (a file, etc.)

  11. 11

    Godan verb (く) · Transitive

    to extract (root); to reduce (equation)

  12. 12

    Godan verb (く) · Transitive

    to cut open (fish)

    as 魚を開く

  13. 13

    Godan verb (く) · Transitive

    to change (kanji into hiragana)

  14. 14

    Godan verb (く) · Intransitive

    to flare (e.g. skirt)

  15. 15

    Godan verb (く) · Intransitive

    to slacken (into a poor posture)

    as 体が開く, 肩が開く, etc.

Pitch accent

Red line shows relative high and low pitch by mora. Pronunciation can vary by region and speaker.

  • 平板 / 尾高 · Heiban / Odaka
  • 中高 · Nakadaka