I Love Kanji開ける (akeru)
開ける (あける, akeru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package)”. It appears in JLPT N5 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 N5 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to unlock · ichidan verb, transitive
- to open (for business, etc.) · ichidan verb, transitive
- to empty; to remove; to make space; to make room · ichidan verb, transitive · esp. 空ける
- to move out; to clear out · ichidan verb, transitive · esp. 空ける
- to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily) · ichidan verb, transitive · esp. 空ける
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 開ける
Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 開ける | あける akeru |
| Polite (~masu) | 開けます | あけます akemasu |
| Negative | 開けない | あけない akenai |
| Polite negative | 開けません | あけません akemasen |
| Past | 開けた | あけた aketa |
| Polite past | 開けました | あけました akemashita |
| Negative past | 開けなかった | あけなかった akenakatta |
| Te-form | 開けて | あけて akete |
| Potential | 開けられる | あけられる akerareru |
| Passive | 開けられる | あけられる akerareru |
| Causative | 開けさせる | あけさせる akesaseru |
| Volitional | 開けよう | あけよう akeyou |
| Imperative | 開けろ | あけろ akero |
| Conditional (~ba) | 開ければ | あければ akereba |
Kanji in 開ける
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 開ける.
開くあくto open (e.g. doors)開くひらくto open開始かいしstart開会かいかいopening of a meeting開通かいつうopening (of a new road, railway, etc.)開放かいほうopening (a door, window, etc.)展開てんかいdevelopment開催かいさいholding (a conference, exhibition, etc.)開拓かいたくreclamation (e.g. of wasteland)開発かいはつdevelopment打開だかいbreak in the deadlock未開みかいuncivilized切開せっかいincision
Source: JMdict entry 1202450 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.