Illustration: At the entrance to a Japanese nursery, a caretaker crouches beside a low safety gate after adjusting its hinge. One hand holds the gate halfway through its swing, while the other checks the spring closer that returns it to the latch.

JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

開かい閉へい

kaihei

to open and close

Example sentences

  1. 「扇おうぎ」はもともと、観音開かんのんびらきの戸とが羽はねのように開閉かいへいする様ようを表あらわしている。

    Chinese character '扇' originally expresses the appearance of hinged double doors opening and shutting like a wing.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  2. 現在げんざいでは、窓まどが開閉かいへいできない鉄道車両てつどうしゃりょうが増ふえたため窓越まどごしの受うけ渡わたしができなくなった。

    As the number of trains whose windows are unable to be freely opened or closed has increased these days, it has become impossible to deliver Ekiben through a window.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 中央ちゅうおうの二枚にまいが上記じょうきの方法ほうほうで引ひき分わけられ、外そとの二枚にまいは幅はばが狭せまく、開閉かいへいのできない嵌はめ殺ごろしとなっている。

    The two central Shoji can slide in above way and the outside two Shoji are smaller in width and permanently-set.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 開閉

  • 開open; unfoldOnカイKunひらく・ひらき・ひらける
  • 閉closed; shutOnヘイKunとじる・とざす・しめる

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