開く

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term

Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「開く
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
開く
Imperative (命令形) 開け
Key constructions
Passive 開けられる けられる
Causative 開かせる かせる
Potential 開けられる けられる
Volitional 開こう
Negative 開かない かない
Negative perfective 開かなかった かなかった
Formal 開きます きま
Perfective 開いた いた
Conjunctive 開いて いて
Hypothetical conditional 開けば

Verb

() (akuintransitive godan (stem () (aki), past ()いた (aita))

Japanese verb pair
active ()ける
mediopassive ()
  1. to open
    (かの)(じょ)シャツ(ちい)さな(あな)()いています
    Kanojo no shatsu ni chīsana ana ga aite imasu.
    There is a small hole on her shirt.
    (literally, “A small hole is opening on her shirt.”)
  2. to begin
    (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Conjugation
  • The passive, causative, and volitional forms are never used.

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
ひら
Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「開く
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
開く
Imperative (命令形) 開け
Key constructions
Passive 開かれる らかれ
Causative 開かせる らかせ
Potential 開ける らけ
Volitional 開こう らこ
Negative 開かない らかない
Negative perfective 開かなかった らかなかった
Formal 開きます らきま
Perfective 開いた いた
Conjunctive 開いて いて
Hypothetical conditional 開けば けば

Verb

(ひら) (hirakutransitive or intransitive godan (stem (ひら) (hiraki), past (ひら)いた (hiraita))

Japanese verb pair
active (ひら)
mediopassive (ひら)ける
  1. to open, lift, uncover, unpack
    (なに)(ひら)
    Nanika ga hiraku.
    opens.
    (だれ)(なに)かを(ひら)
    Dareka ga nanika o hiraku.
    opens .
  2. to bloom
  3. to start, open (a store)
  4. (proofreading, orthography) to write a Japanese word using hiragana
    Antonym: 閉じる (tojiru)
Conjugation
Synonyms
Antonyms

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 あ・く 【明・開・空】Paid subscription required”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 3.0 3.1 ひら・く 【開・披・拓】Paid subscription required”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here