開ける

Meaning

1. v1vt
   to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to unlock
2. v1vt
   to open (for business, etc.)
3. v1vt
   to empty; to remove; to make space; to make room
4. v1vt
   to move out; to clear out
5. v1vt
   to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily)
6. v1vi
   to dawn; to grow light
7. v1vi
   to end (of a period, season)
8. v1vi
   to begin (of the New Year)
9. v1vi
   to leave (one's schedule) open; to make time (for)
10. v1vi
    to make (a hole); to open up (a hole)
11. v1vi
    to open out (of a view, scenery, etc.); to spread out; to become clear (of a road, visibility, etc.); to open up
12. v1vi
    to improve (of luck, prospects, etc.); to get better
13. v1vi
    to develop (of a town, civilization, etc.); to become civilized; to modernize; to grow; to advance (of knowledge, ideas, etc.)
14. v1vi
    to be sensible; to be understanding; to be enlightened
15. v1vi
    to open (of a new road, railway, etc.); to be opened to traffic
16. v1vi
    to become populous; to become densely built; to become bustling
17. v1vt
    to open (e.g. one's robe); to bare (e.g. one's chest); to expose
18. v1vi
    to open up (of clothing); to be exposed
19. v1vt archaic
    to open wide (one's legs, eyes, mouth, etc.); to stretch

Example sentences

• 電車が停まるまで開けないで。

  Don't open before the train stops.

• 口を開けてください！

  Open your mouth!

• ようやく夜が明けて長い夜が終わった。

  Finally dawn broke; the long night had ended.