Illustration: In a Japanese home's tatami room, two sliding doors stand almost closed, leaving a narrow vertical gap between their wooden edges. A cat on the other side pushes one paw through the opening, trying to reach a toy mouse lying just beyond it.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

開ひらき

hiraki

opening, gap

Example sentences

窓まどの開ひらきが小ちいさくて、風かぜが入はいらない。
The window doesn’t open far enough to let the breeze in.
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二人ふたりの点数てんすうには大おおきな開ひらきがある。
There’s a big gap between their scores.
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店みせによって値段ねだんに開ひらきがある。
Prices vary from shop to shop.
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Kanji in 開

開open; unfoldOnカイKunひらく・ひらき・ひらける

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