開く

verb

1. to open
2. to open (for business)
3. 空く: (of a container) to empty
4. 空く, 開く, 明く: (of a gap, space) to form; to open
5. 空く, 明く: (of a place) to become empty, unoccupied, vacated
6. 空く, 明く: (of an object being used) to become unused, available, free
7. 空く, 明く: (of a person) to become available, free, not busy
8. 空く, 明く: (of a job position, etc.) to become open
9. to open (of something that blocks passage or sight)
10. to open (of something that expands spatially when it does so); to unfold, unfurl, unravel
11. to bloom
12. to open (one's eyes or mouth)
13. to open (something) such that it expands spatially; to unfold, unfurl, unravel
14. to start, open (a store)
15. to open, hold, put on (an event)
16. to enter into, start, open (e.g. talks, a discussion)
17. to write (a Japanese word) using hiragana