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
4. to be vacant; to be available; to be free
esp. 空く
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)
Kanji used
open
Pitch accent
Top 7000
Used in vocabulary (4 in total)
to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)
to start an act (of a play); to have curtains open; to have an (event, period of history, etc.) start
(staring) piercingly; (looking) hard
to have time free; to have time to spare
Examples (2 in total)
The new store is going to open next week.
Little by little, the buds on the rosebush in my garden begin to open.