Illustration: At a low table in a Japanese apartment, a woman pulls the tear strip from a sealed cardboard parcel. The strip curls from her hand, and the adhesive seam is visibly splitting so the first flap can lift. The far end remains sealed, clearly showing the transition taking place.

JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

開かい封ふう

kaifuu

to open a sealed item

Example sentences

彼かれはよくも私わたしの手紙てがみを開封かいふうしたものだな。
How dare he open my letters!
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彼かれはその手紙てがみを開封かいふうしないで送おくり返かえした。
He sent the letter back unopened.
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その朝届あさとどけられた郵便ゆうびんを、秘書ひしょは開封かいふうした。
The secretary opened the mail which had been delivered that morning.
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Kanji in 開封

開open; unfoldOnカイKunひらく・ひらき・ひらける
封seal; closingOnフウ・ホウ

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