Kanji
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development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape)
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
development; exploitation
reopening; resumption; restarting
holding (a conference, exhibition, etc.); opening; hosting (e.g. the Olympics)
opening to the public; making available to the public; putting on display; exhibiting; showing (play, movie, etc.); holding (interview, etc.)
opening (a door, window, etc.); leaving open; opening up (e.g. to the public); allowing (public) access
opening fully; full throttle; full power
opening and shutting; opening and closing
reclamation (e.g. wasteland); cultivation; development; pioneering; opening up (e.g. new market); breaking new ground
opening a new shop; opening a shop (for the day)
outbreak of war; starting a war
break in the deadlock
at the very beginning of one's speech; the first thing (one) says after opening the mouth
flowers budding; blooming; flowering; showing results; becoming popular; blooming
release (e.g. information); disclosure (legal); show; indication; display
opening (a letter, parcel, etc.); breaking the seal; unboxing (a product); unsealed mail
deployment; spreading out; dispersal
full bloom (esp. of cherry blossom); full blossom
raising the curtain; opening (of an event); start of a season
plan to overcome an obstacle or break out of a deadlock; breakthrough solution
beginning of the game; kickoff; face-off
(sect) founder; apostle; originator; inventor
opening a business; opening a practice
cultivating new land; clearing; reclamation
uncivilized; uncivilised; undeveloped (land); unexplored (territory, field, etc.); unbloomed (flower)
curtain raising; starting (e.g. play, concert)
open; frank; liberal; open-minded
sense of liberation; feeling of freedom
opening gate
establishment; opening; setting up; inauguration
opening (of a new road, railway, etc.); going into operation (e.g. telephone communication); beginning services; reopening (e.g. a road to traffic); resumption of services
space development; space exploration
rapid development; rapid unfolding
incision; operation; section
Development Department
opening (the doors to an event, etc.); inauguration
dispersal; evacuation; removal; spreading out (troops); deployment
pioneer; settler; colonist
under development; in development
founding a country; opening of a country (e.g. Japan) to the world; ending (a policy of) national seclusion
capitulation (of fort)
enlightenment; spiritual awakening; opening one's eyes to the truth; gaining eyesight; restoring eyesight; opening the eyes
research and development; R&D
opening of a meeting
savage (barbaric) land; backward region; undeveloped area
private; exclusive; secret
opening (of uncultivated land)
court session; trial
unveiling a Buddhist image; public exhibition (of a Buddhist image); revealing something that is supposed to remain hidden; opening a gambling house; holding a gambling party
in session; in progress; under way; open
technological development
opening; aperture (e.g. camera); opening one's mouth; beginning to speak; open; broad
beginning of the world; creation
private clinician; physician in private practice
opening to the public (e.g. garden, etc.); read permission: anybody
undeveloped (area); unexplored (field of study); wild (areas); untapped area
unopened (state); with an unbroken seal
better fortune
opening a port (seaport, airport, etc.); starting operations at a port; opening a port to foreign vessels or trade
development project (program, programme, plan)
stating (one's views); expressing
spreading the legs (wide apart); opening the legs
date(s) (e.g. for exhibition)
Caesarean section (Cesarean); C-section
reclaimed land; cleared land; area opened for development
information discovery; disclosure of information
civilization and enlightenment; Japan's Westernization movement during the Meiji era (Westernisation)
opening a school
opening (for that day's business; of a library, museum, cinema, etc.); opening (of a new library, museum, cinema, etc.)
abrupt plot change; unexpected story development; story development from out of left field
development cost
opening hours (of a store, restaurant, etc.)
making a surgical incision in the abdomen
counting ballots; tally (of votes)
civilization; civilisation; enlightenment
freedom of information; access to information; disclosure of information (e.g. by the government)
opening of a park (theme park, botanical garden etc.)
being open but having virtually no business
new development; new discovery
creation of heaven and earth
development of potential ability; capacity development
start of broadcast; commencement of transmission; sign-on
civilization; civilisation; enlightenment
unpublished; not made public; unlisted (e.g. stock); unreleased; undisclosed
founding a temple (on a hill-top)
cultivated land
simultaneous development; spreading at the same time (e.g. two phenomena)
debut; opening; first public exhibition
spreading one's legs open wide with knees bent, creating the shape of the letter M (pornographic pose)
reopening a shop after renovation; post-refurbishment reopening
place where a meeting (conference, etc.) is held; venue
undeveloped (countries); backward; unentered
early-Meiji administrative unit for Hokkaido (1869-1882)
barbarian; savage; savage (primitive) people (race)
open-necked shirt
open criminal investigation
sense of space; spaciousness
newly-opened land; recently-settled region; frontier; new residential area; new development
half-open; partly open; semicivilized; semicivilised
release date; publication date; opening day; open day
(since) the beginning of the universe; (since) the dawn of time
opening (of a broadcasting station, post office, bureau, etc.); establishment
opening a new hospital, institution, temple, etc.; opening a hospital, institution, temple, etc. (for the day); opening of a Diet session (pre-WWII)
developer (of software, video games, etc.)
expanding into a chain (e.g. store, hotel); development of chain stores
opening game; (season) opener
now available (e.g. for sale); now showing (e.g. film, exhibition)
host country (e.g. for a conference)
since the beginning of the world; since the dawn of history
opening of a ceremony
overseas deployment (e.g. military forces); overseas expansion (e.g. business operations)
laparotomy (abdominal surgery)
unstopping; uncorking; uncapping; connecting (e.g. gas supply)
opening a door
independently developed; proprietary
anniversary of the founding of the school
opening of a parachute
start of a course; start of lectures; opening of a new course; offering a course (for the first time)
open heart surgery; cardiotomy; direct intracardiac surgery
initial opening (esp. of a temple)
unbuttoning a collar; opening up (one's heart); open-necked shirt
excavation; cutting; digging
foundation of a temple; laying a foundation (stone); open base
code name (of a product under development)
formal opening (e.g. of a railway, road, etc.); opening ceremony; inauguration ceremony
results of the vote count
stock offering (to the public)
war party; warmonger
percentage of votes counted so far
resource development; resource exploitation (usu. natural resources)
opening (of a new office, facility, etc.)
interior elevation; expansion plan (of a ship); net (of a polyhedron); development
national land development (e.g. building infrastructure, roads, etc.)
resumption of service (train, bus, etc.)
ceremony to consecrate a newly made Buddhist statue or image by inserting the eyes (thereby investing it with soul)
opening of a banquet; opening of a wedding reception
open (as of a pack)
space development project (program, programme)
Kaiseijo (school of foreign studies set up by the shogunate during the Edo period)
public debate; open discussion
Japan's first circulated coinage (minted in 708 CE)
opening a book; opening (part) of a book
open port; treaty port
open access (in a library); open shelves
opening up of a market; market liberalization
school opening ceremony
environmentally damaging (indiscriminate) development
nuclear development
unlisted stocks; unlisted shares; unquoted shares
founder; establisher
uncivilized country
anthesis; flowering season
opening or unsealing of bids
publishing (esp. using woodblock printing)
Caesarean section (Cesarean); C-section
quick (flash) report of votes counted
Official Development Assistance; ODA
cleavage (in gems)
general practitioner in private practice; primary care physician (US); GP
episiotomy; perineotomy
opening ceremony (of an event, show, etc.)
open; openminded
divergence; aperture
entrusted development; original equipment manufacturer; OEM
governmental office opening (usually special case)
casting and counting votes
same-day counting of ballots
features (e.g. of a product); development chronology
evacuation of school children (from major cities to more rural areas, esp. during late World War II)
temple hall commemorating its founding or its founder
creating a new village or town; opening a village (e.g. for Olympic athletes)
developing country; emerging nation
start day for military operation; departure day; D-Day
extraction of square root
starting price; ask price; ask; suggested opening price
bringing out the pillows and futon (in Zen Buddhism); sleeping
Reform and Opening-up (Chinese economic policy)
human resources development; personnel development; career development; HRD
development block; development base
wisdom; enlightenment
development of electrical power resources
casting away one's vices or worldly desires and achieving enlightenment
Japanese colonists of Manchuria and Inner Mongolia
wingspan (of a bird); wingspread
(cherry) blossom front; flower front
establishment of a university
community or regional development
opening a can
opening chant of a sutra
making materials in a library available in open stacks
extraction of cubic root
numerical aperture (in photography)
infrastructure development
breakthrough in the situation; break in the deadlocked situation
local warriors, or provincial or district officials, who developed paddy field lands
developmental dictatorship (authoritarian form of government that pursues rapid economic development at the expense of democratic freedoms)
beginning of a screening (at a movie theatre); starting a screening
bathing (in a Zen Temple)
Kaesong (North Korea)
dehiscence; cleavage; fission
day of blooming
extraction of roots; evolution
underdeveloped country; half-civilized country; half-civilised country
Freedom of Information Law; Freedom of Information Act (various countries); FOIA
undeveloped country; third world country
virgin soil; uncultivated land
involvement of peer groups (Quality Assurance term); application to similar products; grassroots (organization, development, movement)
grand opening
primitive and barbarous; uncivilized and barbaric
newly listed stocks; new stock offering
drawbridge; bascule bridge
publicly-traded stock; stock listed on the stock exchange
independent development
first day of cherry blossoms reaching full bloom; first day in which at least 80% of the somei yoshino cherry blossom has opened (in a specific region or place)
long "o" vowel arising from combination of the "a" and "u" sounds
code name (of a product under development)
development process
start codon; initiation codon
United Nations Development Program; UNDP
start of deployment
international expansion
keratotomy; corneal incision
opening of a hot spring or bathhouse
nuclear development program; nuclear program
first lighting of the hearth in a Zen temple (first day of the 10th or 11th month)
open ditch; open channel; open conduit; open culvert
evacuating to the homes of one's relatives in the countryside in wartime
resumption; continuing
opening hours of a gallery
groove (in welding)
application developer; applications developer; applications programmer
(of Chinese) pronunciation of kanji without a medial between the initial consonant and center vowel; (of Japanese) the long "o" vowel arising from combination of the "a" and "u" sounds
opening a door for a moment (esp. on the train, when someone's foot is stuck, etc.)
non-disclosure agreement
large-scale housing and lifestyle development project
develop-and-import formula
Liberation Day (in Korea, Italy, etc.)
starting variable; SV
cross development
agile (software) development
Comprehensive National Development Plan (1962-)
wingspread (of an insect)
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development; EBRD
start of text; STX
start of heading; start of header; SOH
beginning tag; starting tag; opening tag
system follow-up; post-implementation review; post-development review
switching station; switchyard
Buddhist missionary, esp. in Jodo, Pure Land, etc. sects; Buddhist minister (in the West)
ballot-counting place
prefatory sutra; opening a sutra; beginning to read a sutra
(railway) crossing gate; barrier
fraudulent business of selling goods by claiming they will bring supernatural benefits
open channel (liquid flow)
opening day flower gift; bouquet of flowers given to a new store (restaurant, etc.) on its opening day
to be licensed to practice (e.g. law); to be allowed to open a business
development bank
very beginning of a book
beef (or pork) and egg on rice
dehiscent fruit
1992 Property Disclosure Act; law requiring members of parliament to disclose their assets
opening of mine
garden-town development; rural city development; urban sprawl
device-dependent version of public text
punch-style can opener (punches a round or V-shaped hole in a can of liquid)
eyelid speculum; lid retractor
developing a way or means
moonflower (Ipomoea alba)
Kaiyuan City (Yunnan)