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What is the meaning of “開く(ひらく)”?

WordReadingMeaning
開くひらくto open

1〔あける,あく〕open ⇒あける(開ける)
ふたを開く
lift [take off] the lid
包みを開く
open [undo] a parcel/open [untie] a package
扇子を開く
open [unfold] a fan
本の38ページを開きなさい
Open your book(s) to [at] page 38.
戸はすぐに開いた
The door opened at once.
口を開く
open one’s mouth(▼比喩的にも用いる)
彼が美術について最初に私の目を開いてくれた
He first opened my eyes to the arts.
開かれた大学にしなければならない
We must open up the university./The university must not remain an ivory tower.
土地の人はよそ者になかなか心を開かない
The local people do not open up easily to strangers.

2〔咲く〕
花が開いた
The flowers have bloomed.
つぼみが開いた
The bud has opened (into a flower).

3〔差がつく〕
二人の意見はだいぶ開いている
There is a great gap between the views of the two./Their opinions differ greatly.
彼と2着の差は2メートルに開いた
He was two meters ahead of the runner-up.
年の開いた姉妹
sisters with a great age difference between them

4〔始める〕open, start;〔創設する〕found, set up, establish
店を開く
open [start] a shop
彼は新橋で店を開いている
He has [runs] a store in Shinbashi.
彼はそこで病院を開いた
He founded a hospital there.
新しい事務所を開く
set up [establish] a new office
花屋を開く
set up as a florist
口座を開く
open an account ((with a bank))/open a bank account

5〔開催する〕hold; give
舞踏会を開く
give [hold] a dance
討論会を開く
hold a debate
展覧会は明日開かれる
The exhibition will open [be opened] tomorrow.
理事会は毎月開かれる
The board of directors meets every month.
国会が開かれている
The Diet is 「in session [sitting].

6〔開拓する〕open (up); clear
土地を開いて畑にする
clear land for fields
鉱山を開く
develop [open up] a mine
荒野に道を開く
「open up [cut] a road through a wilderness
後進のために道を開く
open [pave] the way for younger people
その業績で彼は出世の道を開いた
The achievement opened the way for his promotion.

7〔広くなる〕
裾の開いたドレス
a dress with a flared skirt

8〔数学で,平方根の値を出す〕extract
平方[立方]に開く
extract [find/take] the square [cubic] root ((of))

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