Illustration: Seated at a kitchen table, a child braces a lunch box with one hand and lifts its fitted lid with the other. The lid is tilted clear of the rim, exposing neatly packed rice balls and side dishes inside. The child's shoulders rise with the effort of freeing the tight seal.

JLPT N5verbLevel estimated by Bebop

開あける

akeru

to open

Example sentences

  1. 窓まどを開あけましょう。

    Let’s open the window.

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  2. 口くちを大おおきく開あけて。

    Open your mouth wide.

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  3. ドアを開あけて。

    Open the door.

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Kanji in 開

  • 開open; unfoldOnカイKunひらく・ひらき・あく

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