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開く

to open

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Conjugation of 開く

This verb follows the godan conjugation pattern. This verb can also mean the following: begin
私/俺
Present informal tense
開く
aku
I open
Present informal negative tense
開かない
akanai
I don't open
Present formal tense
開きます
akimasu
I open
Present formal negative tense
開きません
akimasen
I do not open
私/俺
Past informal tense
開いた
aita
I opened
Past informal negative tense
開かなかった
akanakatta
I didn't open
Past formal tense
開きました
akimashita
I open
Past formal negative tense
開きませんでした
akimasen deshita
I did not open
私/俺
Imperative informal mood
開け
ake
open
Imperative negative mood
開くな
aku na
don't open
Imperative formal mood
開いてください
aite kudasai
please open
Imperative formal negative mood
開かないでください
akanai dekudasai
please do not open
私/俺
Te form - conjunctive stem
開いて
aite
open
Passive stem
開かれる
akareru
opened
Hypothetical tense
開け
ake
if I opened
Hypothetical conditional stem
開けば
akeba
opened
私/俺
Volitional stem
開こう
akō
will open
Potential stem
開ける
akeru
opened
Continuative stem
開き
aki
opening
Causative stem
開かせる
akaseru
allow to open
私/俺
Imperfective stem
開か
aka
open

Examples of 開く

耳を"開く"んだ

Open your ears.

開かない

It's locked.

開かない！

It's stuck!

ツナギやピチピチは ごめんだ 開かない

There'd better not be, like, matching jumpsuits in there.

イルヤ・カーヤスキンが ドアを開けようとするが、開かない

- Will you show me where it is? - Yeah, sure. Now illya Kuryakin's trying to open the door, but it's locked.

開きます 内側から

It opens. From the inside.

開きます

But here it is.

開いた、何だっけ?

- Okay, then what?

開いた　次は？

It's open. Now what?

開いた！

Ah! Success.

開いて

A little weight on that baby. Oh.

君のご主人様の 玉から脳まで 開いて、スタークが何か 調べようと思ってるだけだ

As in, "I'm going to open your lord from balls to brains and see what Starks are made of"?

開いて！

Come on. - Open!

[遠くへの道が　開かれる]

Can possibly know how far they can go."

開け！

Open!

開け クソッ！

Open, damn it!

開け

Come on.

開け バカ！

Open, damn it!

ドアは閉める、開ける？

Close it. Please.

あのドアが 開き、聞かれたら、

He's going to ask you if you intentionally left the door open.

あか... 明かりが見えるか？

Do you see the light?