開く

開く

ひらく

To open, to hold (an event)

N4verb·hiraku

How to remember it

開 (open) evokes a flower unfurling — open wide or launch an event.

Example sentences

  • 彼は店を開きました。

    かれはみせをひらきました。

    He opened a shop.

  • 来月、展覧会が開かれます。

    らいげつ、てんらんかいがひらかれます。

    An exhibition will be held next month.

Usage

Works as both transitive and intransitive; more literary than あける.

Related words

開ける開く開始閉まる

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