開ける、空ける、明ける
あける
akeru
JMdict entry #1202450
- Ichidan verbtransitive verb to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to unlock
- Ichidan verbtransitive verb to open (for business, etc.)
- Ichidan verbtransitive verb to empty; to remove; to make space; to make room
- Ichidan verbtransitive verb to move out; to clear out
- Ichidan verbtransitive verb to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily)
- Ichidan verbintransitive verb to dawn; to grow light
- Ichidan verbintransitive verb to end (of a period, season)
- Ichidan verbintransitive verb to begin (of the New Year)
- Ichidan verbintransitive verb to leave (one's schedule) open; to make time (for)
- Ichidan verbintransitive verb to make (a hole); to open up (a hole)
Kanji in this word
Example sentences
彼は封筒を破って開けた。
kare ha fuutou wo yabuxtsu te ake ta 。
He ripped the envelope open.
彼は封筒を切って開けた。
kare ha fuutou wo kixtsu te ake ta 。
He cut the envelope open.
彼は封筒を開けてみたが失望しただけであった。
kare ha fuutou wo ake te mi ta ga shitsubou shi ta dake de axtsu ta 。
He opened the envelope only to be disappointed.
彼は箱の中身をあけた。
kare ha bako no nakami wo ake ta 。
He emptied the box of its contents.
彼は箱の開け方をわかった。
kare ha bako no ake kata wo wakaxtsu ta 。
He discovered how to open the box.
彼は電車で老人のために席を空けた。
kare ha densha de roujin no tame ni seki wo ake ta 。
He made room for an old man in the train.