1. to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to unlock
2. to open (for business, etc.)
3. to empty; to remove; to make space; to make room
esp. 空ける
4. to move out; to clear out
esp. 空ける
5. to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily)
esp. 空ける
Verb (1-dan, intransitive)
6. to dawn; to grow light
esp. 明ける
7. to end (of a period, season)
esp. 明ける
8. to begin (of the New Year)
esp. 明ける
9. to leave (one's schedule) open; to make time (for)
esp. 明ける
10. to make (a hole); to open up (a hole)