JLPT N5 vocabulary
開く: meaning, reading and conjugation
Reading and pitch accent
ひらく2Nakadaka · falls inside
Godan verb (u-verb)
Meaning
- to open, undo, unseal, unpack
- to bloom, unfold, spread out
- to open for business, e.g. in the morning
- to be wide, as a gap, widen
- to hold a meeting or party, give, open
- to found a nation, dynasty, or sect, open a new business, set up, establish, start
- to open ports or borders
- to open an account
- to open up new land or a path, clear, develop
- (computing) to open a file, etc.
- (mathematics) to extract a root, reduce an equation
- (food) to cut open a fish
- to change kanji into hiragana
- to flare, e.g. a skirt
- (sports) to slacken into a poor posture

Conjugation
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Basics | ||
| Plain present辞書形 · ない形 | 開く | 開 |
| Plain pastた形 · なかった形 | 開 | 開 |
| Polite presentます形 | 開 | 開 |
| Polite pastました形 | 開 | 開 |
| Te-formて形 | 開 | 開 |
| Conditions and moods | ||
| If (-ba)ば形 | 開 | 開 |
| If / when (-tara)たら形 | 開 | 開 |
| Let’s / will意向形 | 開 | —not in common use |
| Want toたい形 | 開 | 開 |
| Command / don’t命令形 · 禁止形 | 開 | 開く |
| Can · passive · causative | ||
| Can (potential)可能形 | 開 | 開 |
| Passive受身形 | 開 | 開 |
| Make / let使役形 | 開 | 開 |
| Be made to使役受身形 | 開 | 開 |
Example sentences
この図書館はお正月以外開いています。
This library is open except for New Year's.
魚は、 目が開いているが起きているわけではない。
For fish, having their eyes open doesn't necessarily mean they are awake.
魚は、目が開いているからといって起きているわけではない。
For fish, having their eyes open doesn't necessarily mean they are awake.