開く

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Japanese

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Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

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  • 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 [àkú]
Imperative (命令形) 開け [àké]
Key constructions
Passive 開けられる けられる [àkérárérú]
Causative 開かせる かせる [àkásérú]
Potential 開けられる けられる [àkérárérú]
Volitional 開こう [àkóꜜò]
Negative 開かない かない [àkánáí]
Negative perfective 開かなかった かなかった [àkánáꜜkàttà]
Formal 開きます きま [àkímáꜜsù]
Perfective 開いた いた [àítá]
Conjunctive 開いて いて [àíté]
Hypothetical conditional 開けば [àkéꜜbà]

Verb

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() (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
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  • The passive, causative, and volitional forms are never used.

Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
ひら
Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

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  • 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 [hìráꜜkù]
Imperative (命令形) 開け [hìráꜜkè]
Key constructions
Passive 開かれる らかれ [hìrákáréꜜrù]
Causative 開かせる らかせ [hìrákáséꜜrù]
Potential 開ける らけ [hìrákéꜜrù]
Volitional 開こう らこ [hìrákóꜜò]
Negative 開かない らかない [hìrákáꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 開かなかった らかなかった [hìrákáꜜnàkàttà]
Formal 開きます らきま [hìrákímáꜜsù]
Perfective 開いた いた [hìráꜜìtà]
Conjunctive 開いて いて [hìráꜜìtè]
Hypothetical conditional 開けば けば [hìráꜜkèbà]

Verb

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(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.
    [something] opens.
    (だれ)(なに)かを(ひら)
    Dareka ga nanika o hiraku.
    [someone] opens [something].
  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
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Synonyms
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Antonyms
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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 あ・く 【明・開・空】Paid subscription required”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (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]‎[2] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here