Godan verb with 'ku' ending, Intransitive verb, Transitive verb

to open; to undo; to unseal; to unpack

to bloom; to unfold; to spread out

to open (for business, e.g. in the morning)

to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen

Godan verb with 'ku' ending, Transitive verb

to hold (meeting, party, etc.); to give; to open

to found (nation, dynasty, sect, etc.); to open (a new business); to set up; to establish; to start

to open (ports, borders, etc.)

to open (an account)

to open up (new land, path, etc.); to clear; to develop

see 拓く

to open (a file, etc.)

Computing

to extract (root); to reduce (equation)

Mathematics

to cut open (fish)

Food, cookingas 魚を開く

to change (kanji into hiragana)

Godan verb with 'ku' ending, Intransitive verb

to flare (e.g. skirt)

to slacken (into a poor posture)

Sportsas 体が開く, 肩が開く, etc.

to extend

Go (game)Usually written using kana aloneusu. ヒラくsee ヒラキ