Meanings
Verb (1-dan, transitive)
1. to empty; to remove; to make space; to make room
esp. 空ける
2. to move out; to clear out
esp. 空ける
3. to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily)
esp. 空ける
Verb (1-dan, intransitive)
4. to dawn; to grow light
esp. 明ける
5. to end (of a period, season)
esp. 明ける
6. to begin (of the New Year)
esp. 明ける
7. to leave (one's schedule) open; to make time (for)
esp. 明ける
8. to make (a hole); to open up (a hole)
Kanji used
bright
Pitch accent
ける
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Used in vocabulary (6 in total)
dawn breaks; day dawns
the New Year begins; the New Year starts
the New Year dawns
to forcefully open up a hole (in a wall, etc.); to speak frankly, holding nothing back; to throw out (everything inside)
to come out of mourning
one's term of service expires (e.g. apprenticeship)
Examples (3 in total)
Ramadan finished.
I wish winter vacation would never end.
When will the rainy season be over?