JLPT N4 · Verb

空く (aku)

空く (あく, aku) is a Japanese verb meaning “to open (e.g. doors)”. It appears in JLPT N4 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
あく
Romaji
aku
Word class
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in く
Level
JLPT N4 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. to open (e.g. doors) · godan verb, intransitive · esp. 開く
  2. to open (e.g. business, etc.) · godan verb, intransitive · esp. 開く
  3. to be empty · godan verb, intransitive · esp. 空く
  4. to be vacant; to be available; to be free · godan verb, intransitive · esp. 空く
  5. to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.) · godan verb, intransitive · esp. 明く

Example sentences

ぐいと押すとドアは開いた。
The door yielded to a strong push.
1塁があいていたので打者を歩かせた。
With first base open, he walked the batter.
放課後は空いてますか?
Are you free after school?

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

Conjugation of 空く

Godan verb (う-verb) ending in く. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionary空くあく aku
Polite (~masu)空きますあきます akimasu
Negative空かないあかない akanai
Polite negative空きませんあきません akimasen
Past空いたあいた aita
Polite past空きましたあきました akimashita
Negative past空かなかったあかなかった akanakatta
Te-form空いてあいて aite
Potential空けるあける akeru
Passive空かれるあかれる akareru
Causative空かせるあかせる akaseru
Volitional空こうあこう akou
Imperative空けあけ ake
Conditional (~ba)空けばあけば akeba

Kanji in 空く

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 空く.

Source: JMdict entry 1586270 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.