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開ける

a-ke-ru

Open your mouth, open the way: same verb

The picture You move whatever is blocking to the side, leaving a gap that inside and outside can pass through.

Core verbs

Where the picture shows up in 開ける

  1. Parting a closed door

    窓を開けてもいいですか。

    mado o akete mo ii desu ka

    May I open the window?

  2. Parting a lid

    この箱を開けてください。

    kono hako o akete kudasai

    Please open this box.

  3. Opening a shop to customers

    店は十時に開けます

    mise wa jū-ji ni ake-masu

    We open the store at ten.

  4. Clearing a blocked path

    すみません、道を開けてください。

    sumimasen, michi o akete kudasai

    Excuse me, could you make way?

    You move your body aside to open a passage for others. When it means clearing a space, it is also written 空ける.

  5. Parting an opening in the body

    口を大きく開けてください。

    kuchi o ōkiku akete kudasai

    Please open your mouth wide.

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