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.
Where the picture shows up in 開ける
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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?
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Parting a lid
この箱を開けてください。
kono hako o akete kudasai
Please open this box.
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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.
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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.
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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.