あく
Meanings
Verb (5-dan, く, intransitive)
1. to open (e.g. doors)
esp. 開く
2. to open (e.g. business, etc.)
esp. 開く
3. to be empty
esp. 空く
Once I've finally finished taking the orders, I start clearing away the empty plates.
4. to be vacant; to be available; to be free
esp. 空く
Are you free tomorrow night?
5. to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.)
esp. 明く
6. to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
esp. 明く
7. to come to an end
esp. 明く
Verb (5-dan, く, transitive)
8. to open (one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
esp. 明く
Verb (5-dan, く, intransitive)
9. to have a hole; to form a gap; to have an interval (between events)
Even so, there is still a gap of one person's width between them.
Pitch accent
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Top 4900
Used in vocabulary (16 in total)
to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)
to come to a settlement
to come to a settlement
Examples (41 in total)
The street is empty.
Are you free in the afternoon?
Are you free after school?