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10 開ける To Open

Alternative Meanings

To Open Something

Part of Speech

Transitive verb and Ichidan verb

Reading

あける

  • Kyoko(Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi(Tokyo accent, male)

Context Sentences

日本語のじしょを開けてください。

Please open your Japanese dictionary.

わたしのかれ氏は、車に乗る時は、いつもドアを開けてくれるよ。

My boyfriend always opens the car door for me when I get in.

「ねぇ、このワインボトルを開けてもらえないかな？」「いいよ。朝飯前だよ。」

"Can you open this bottle of wine for me?" "Of course. Piece of cake."

Meaning Explanation

This word consists of kanji with hiragana attached. Because the hiragana ends with an う sound, you know this word is a verb. The kanji itself means open so the verb vocab version is to open.

Reading Explanation

Since this word consists of a kanji with hiragana attached, you can bet that it will use the kun'yomi reading. You didn't learn that reading with this kanji, so here's a mnemonic to help you:

You go to open the door. When you do, a huge scream comes out: "AAAHHH!" (あ). Imagine giant あ characters flying out of the door you opened as well.

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