Results, to open
- 開く☆【あく】空く☆・明く Inflection
godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:
- to open (e.g. doors) - esp. 開く
- to open (e.g. business, etc.) - esp. 開く
- to be empty - esp. 空く
- to be vacant; to be available; to be free - esp. 空く
- to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.) - esp. 明く
- to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.) - esp. 明く
- to come to an end - esp. 明く
godan ~く verb / transitive:
- to open (one's eyes, mouth, etc.) - esp. 明く
godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:
- to have a hole; to form a gap; to have an interval (between events) ➜ 穴が開く
ぐいと押すとドアは開いた。 The door yielded to a strong push.
お宅の店は何時まであいていますか。 How late are you open?
1塁があいていたので打者を歩かせた。 With first base open, he walked the batter.
いつも何曜日なら空いていますか? What day are you usually free?
箱は空いていて中はからだった。 The box was open and empty.
その皮製の上着の両肘部分が擦り減って穴が空いた。 The leather jacket has worn out at the elbows.
- 開ける☆【あける】空ける☆・明ける☆ Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to unlock [開ける]
- to open (for business, etc.) [開ける]
- to empty; to remove; to make space; to make room - esp. 空ける
- to move out; to clear out - esp. 空ける
- to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily) - esp. 空ける
ichidan verb / intransitive verb:
- to dawn; to grow light - esp. 明ける
- to end (of a period, season) - esp. 明ける
- to begin (of the New Year) - esp. 明ける
- to leave (one's schedule) open; to make time (for) - esp. 明ける
- to make (a hole); to open up (a hole)
3人の少年達はその建物の扉を開けました。 The three boys opened the doors of the building.
そうすればやがて運が開けるでしょう。 And soon your luck will turn for the better.
- 開く☆【ひらく】 Inflection
godan ~く verb / intransitive verb / transitive:
- 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
godan ~く verb / transitive:
- to hold (meeting, 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 ➜ 拓く
- to open (a file, etc.) - IT term
- to extract (root); to reduce (equation) - Mathematics term
- to cut open (fish) - as 魚を開く - Food term
- to change (kanji into hiragana)
godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:
- to flare (e.g. skirt)
- to slacken (into a poor posture) - as 体が開く, 肩が開く, etc. - Sports term
先週、私達は舞踏会を開きました。 We gave a ball last week.
庭のバラの木のつぼみが少しずつ開き始める。 Little by little, the buds on the rosebush in my garden begin to open.
私達はその店が開くまでしばらく待つより仕方がなかった。 We had no choice but to wait for a while until the store opened.
- 拓く【ひらく】 Inflection
godan ~く verb / transitive:
- to open (e.g. path); to clear (the way); to break up (e.g. land) ➜ 開く【ひらく】
- はだける《開ける・肌蹴るirr.》 Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to open (e.g. one's robe); to bare (e.g. one's chest); to expose
ichidan verb / intransitive verb:
- to open up (of clothing); to be exposed
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to open wide (one's legs, eyes, mouth, etc.); to stretch - archaism
和子が胸をはだけて赤ん坊に乳をふくませた。 Kazuko bared her breast and fed the baby.
- 披く【ひらく】展く Inflection
godan ~く verb / transitive:
- 打ち明ける☆【うちあける】打明ける Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)
- 切る★【きる】 Inflection
godan ~る verb / transitive:
- to cut; to cut through; to perform (surgery)
- to sever (connections, ties) ➜ 縁を切る
- to turn off (e.g. the light)
- to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to disconnect ➜ 電話を切る
- to punch (a ticket); to tear off (a stub)
- to open (something sealed)
- to start
- to set (a limit); to do (something) in less or within a certain time; to issue (stamps, vouchers, etc.)
- to reduce; to decrease; to discount ➜ 値切る
- to shake off (water, etc.); to let drip-dry; to let drain
- to cross; to traverse
- to criticize sharply
- to act decisively; to do (something noticeable); to go first; to make (certain facial expressions, in kabuki)
- to turn (vehicle, steering wheel, etc.)
- to curl (a ball); to bend; to cut
- to shuffle (cards)
- to discard a tile - Mahjong term
- to dismiss; to sack; to let go; to expulse; to excommunicate
- to dig (a groove); to cut (a stencil, on a mimeograph)
- to trump ➜ 切り札
- to cut (the connection between two groups) (in go)
- to start a fire (with wood-wood friction or by striking a metal against stone) - also written as 鑽る
- to draw (a shape) in the air (with a sword, etc.)
auxiliary verb / godan ~る verb:
- to finish; to complete - after the -masu stem of a verb ➜ 疲れきる
2.大根は拍子木に切る。 2. Cut the daikon into long sticks.
家を出る前にはガスのスイッチを切ることを忘れないでください。 Don't forget to turn off the gas before you leave the house.
3.電話をかけても、アナウンス等に従って操作したりせず、すぐに切ること。 3. If you do phone then hang up immediately, without following any instructions given.
いったん封を切るとそのテープは返品できません。 Once you break the seal, you can't return the tape.
- 広げる★【ひろげる】拡げる・展げる Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to spread; to extend; to expand; to enlarge; to widen; to broaden [広げる・拡げる]
- to unfold; to open; to unroll; to unwrap
- to scatter about; to spread around [広げる・拡げる]
- to make flourish; to cause to prosper [広げる・拡げる]
鷲の羽は広げると1メーターにもなる。 An eagle's wings are more than one meter across.
大学教育は知識を広げるためのものだ。 University education is designed to expand your knowledge.
- おっ広げる【おっぴろげる】押っ広げる Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- 始める☆【はじめる】創める Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to start; to begin; to commence; to initiate; to originate
- to open (e.g. a store); to start up; to establish (business. etc.)
auxiliary verb / ichidan verb:
- to start ...; to begin to ... - after the -masu stem of a verb ➜ 為始める
問題はいつ始めるかだ。 The question is when to start.
薬を飲み始めると、すぐに痛みなどの症状はとれてきますが、すぐに潰瘍がなおるわけではありません。 When you start taking medicine it begins working on symptoms, like pain, right away, but that doesn't mean that the ulcer heals right away.
- 起こす☆【おこす】起す Inflection
godan ~す verb / transitive:
- to raise; to raise up; to set up; to pick up
- to wake; to wake up; to waken; to awaken
- to cause; to bring about; to lead to; to trigger; to give rise to; to create; to generate (e.g. heat, electricity); to produce ➜ 熾す【おこす】
- to start; to begin; to launch; to establish; to found; to set up; to open ➜ 興す【おこす】
- to plough; to plow; to till
- to fall ill with
- to transcribe; to write down (what is spoken)
- to turn over (a card)
子宮内膜炎は、細菌が子宮内に入り、内膜に炎症を起す病気である。 Endometritis is a disease where bacteria enter the uterus and cause inflammation of the inner membrane.
熱が出るとひきつけを起こすことがあります。 Convulsions can occur when they run a fever.
お願いですからヒスを起こす前に話は最後まで聞いてください。 I'm begging you, before freaking out on me listen to the end of what I have to say.
- 呼び出す☆【よびだす】呼びだす・呼出す・喚び出す Inflection
godan ~す verb / transitive:
- to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to decoy; to lure
- to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file) - IT term
- 開ける☆【ひらける】 Inflection
ichidan verb / intransitive verb:
- 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
道は必ず開けてゆく。 There will be an answer.
そうすればやがて運が開けるでしょう。 And soon your luck will turn for the better.
- 打ち解ける☆【うちとける】うち解ける・打解ける Inflection
ichidan verb / intransitive verb:
- to open one's heart; to throw off reserve; to be frank
- 白目をむく【しろめをむく】白目を剥く・白目を剝く Inflection
expression / godan ~く verb:
- to open one's eyes wide (as in fear or anger) ➜ 白目【しろめ】
- to faint
- 開け放す【あけはなす】明け放す Inflection
godan ~す verb / transitive:
- to open wide (doors, windows, etc.); to fling open
- 蓋を開ける【ふたをあける】ふたを開ける Inflection
expression / ichidan verb:
- to open the lid; to lift a lid Antonym: 蓋を閉める
- to open the lid (on); to make public - idiom
- to start (something) - idiom
- to look at the results (consequences, outcome, effect); to look at the condition of something - idiom
- to open (of a theatre) - idiom
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