JLPT N3 · Verb

明ける (akeru)

明ける (あける, akeru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to empty; to remove”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
あける
Romaji
akeru
Word class
Ichidan verb (る-verb)
Level
JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. to empty; to remove; to make space; to make room · ichidan verb, transitive · esp. 空ける
  2. to move out; to clear out · ichidan verb, transitive · esp. 空ける
  3. to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily) · ichidan verb, transitive · esp. 空ける
  4. to dawn; to grow light · ichidan verb, intransitive · esp. 明ける
  5. to end (of a period, season) · ichidan verb, intransitive · esp. 明ける

Example sentences

財布の中身をこの袋に空けなさい。
Empty the purse into this bag.

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 明ける

Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionary明けるあける akeru
Polite (~masu)明けますあけます akemasu
Negative明けないあけない akenai
Polite negative明けませんあけません akemasen
Past明けたあけた aketa
Polite past明けましたあけました akemashita
Negative past明けなかったあけなかった akenakatta
Te-form明けてあけて akete
Potential明けられるあけられる akerareru
Passive明けられるあけられる akerareru
Causative明けさせるあけさせる akesaseru
Volitional明けようあけよう akeyou
Imperative明けろあけろ akero
Conditional (~ba)明ければあければ akereba

Kanji in 明ける

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 明ける.

Source: JMdict entry 1202450 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.