開く
ひらく
to open; to undo; to unseal; to unpack
JLPT N4 Common word
Meanings
Godan verb (-ku), Intransitive, 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 verb (-ku), Transitive
to hold (meeting, party, etc.); to give; to open
All 25 meanings
- 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)
Godan verb (-ku), Intransitive
to flare (e.g. skirt)- to slacken (into a poor posture)
- to extend
- to open (e.g. doors)
- to open (e.g. business, etc.)
- to be empty
- to be vacant; to be available; to be free
- to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.)
- to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
- to come to an end
Godan verb (-ku), Transitive
to open (one's eyes, mouth, etc.)Godan verb (-ku), Intransitive
to have a hole; to form a gap; to have an interval (between events)
Forms
| Plain | Polite | |
|---|---|---|
| Present | 開くひらく | 開きますひらきます |
| Negative | 開かないひらかない | 開きませんひらきません |
| Past | 開いたひらいた | 開きましたひらきました |
| Past negative | 開かなかったひらかなかった | 開きませんでしたひらきませんでした |
| Te-form | 開いてひらいて |
|---|---|
| Potential | 開けるひらける |
| Passive | 開かれるひらかれる |
| Causative | 開かせるひらかせる |
| Volitional | 開こうひらこう |
| Imperative | 開けひらけ |
| Conditional (ば) | 開けばひらけば |
| Conditional (たら) | 開いたらひらいたら |