開ける

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Japanese[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Kanji in this term

Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Cognate with Japanese ()ける (akeru, to dawn) and ()ける (akeru, to empty).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "開ける"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
開ける ける [àkérú]
Imperative (命令形) 開けろ けろ [àkéró]
Key constructions
Passive 開けられる けられる [àkérárérú]
Causative 開けさせる けさせる [àkésásérú]
Potential 開けられる けられる [àkérárérú]
Volitional 開けよう けよ [àkéyóꜜò]
Negative 開けない けない [àkénáí]
Negative perfective 開けなかった けなかった [àkénáꜜkàttà]
Formal 開けます けま [àkémáꜜsù]
Perfective 開けた けた [àkétá]
Conjunctive 開けて けて [àkété]
Hypothetical conditional 開ければ けれ [àkéréꜜbà]

Verb[edit]

()ける (akerutransitive ichidan (stem () (ake), past ()けた (aketa))

Japanese verb pair
active ()ける
mediopassive ()
  1. to open
    (まど)()けてください。
    Mado o akete kudasai.
    Please open the window.
  2. to make (a hole)
    (おお)ハンマー(かべ)(あな)()ける
    ōhanmā de kabe ni ana o akeru
    make a hole in the wall with a sledgehammer
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Etymology 2[edit]

Kanji in this term
ひら
Grade: 3
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
拓ける

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

(ひら)ける (hirakeruintransitive ichidan (stem (ひら) (hirake), past (ひら)けた (hiraketa))

Japanese verb pair
active (ひら)
mediopassive (ひら)ける
  1. to broaden; to become wide
    • バイパスにはいると(きゅう)(みち)(ひら)ける
      baipasu ni hairu to kyū ni michi ga hirakeru
      The road suddenly becomes wide once entering the bypass
    • 眺望(ちょうぼう)(ひら)ける
      chōbō ga hirakeru
      The view becomes better (broader and further).
  2. to develop; to progress; to improve
    • (ひら)けた(くに)
      hiraketa kuni
      a civilized country
    • 工場(こうじょう)移転(いてん)急速(きゅうそく)(ひら)けた地域(ちいき)
      kōjō no iten de kyūsoku ni hiraketa chīki
      This area prospered rapidly after the relocation of the factory.
    • 運命(うんめい)(ひら)ける
      unmei ga hirakeru
      The future becomes hopeful.
  3. (of a person) to be enlightened; to be inspired; (perfect tense) to be sharp or clever
    • (かれ)(ひら)けた(ひと)である
      kare wa hiraketa hito de aru
      He is a clever man.
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References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  3. ^ 2002, 京阪系アクセント辞典 (A Dictionary of Tone on Words of the Keihan-type Dialects) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Bensei, →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.