開く

ひらくhiraku

open

Godan verb, group 1, ending -ku.

Conjugated like 聞く, つく, 書く, 動く, 働く, 引く

  • Another 開く

    Written the same way, 開く read あく is another verb, with its own page.

Newbie

The polite forms to talk about now, the future, and the past, and the te-form of requests.

  1. Polite present · -masu

    What you do, usually or soon, said politely. Japanese has one form for the present and the future.

    1. affirmative開きますひらきますhirakimasu
    2. negative開きませんひらきませんhirakimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

    What you did, or did not do, said politely.

    1. affirmative開きましたひらきましたhirakimashita
    2. negative開きませんでしたひらきませんでしたhirakimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

    Links actions (and then…), and with ください asks politely.

    1. 開いてひらいてhiraite
    2. request開いてくださいひらいてくださいhiraite kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 開きましょうひらきましょうhirakimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

    What you want to do. Add です to be polite.

    1. affirmative開きたいひらきたいhirakitai
    2. negative開きたくないひらきたくないhirakitakunai
BeginnerThe plain forms of everyday speech, what is going on, what you can do, conditions, and the passive.Plain present · dictionary form · Plain past · -ta · Ongoing · -te iru · Potential · If, when · -tara · PassiveAlso show the Beginner forms (6)

  1. Plain present · dictionary form

    Between friends and family, and before a noun or many phrases. It also says the future.

    1. affirmative開くひらくhiraku
    2. negative開かないひらかないhirakanai

  2. Plain past · -ta

    The past between friends and family, and before a noun.

    1. affirmative開いたひらいたhiraita
    2. negative開かなかったひらかなかったhirakanakatta

  3. Ongoing · -te iru

    What is going on now, a habit, or a state that lasts: 結婚している, to be married.

    1. plain開いているひらいているhiraite iru
    2. polite開いていますひらいていますhiraite imasu

  4. Potential

    What you can do. Its object often takes が: 日本語が話せる.

    1. plain開けるひらけるhirakeru
    2. polite開けますひらけますhirakemasu

  5. If, when · -tara

    If or once something happens, and what you found when it did.

    1. 開いたらひらいたらhiraitara

  6. Passive

    What is done to someone, often to their regret: に marks who does it. It is also a respectful way to speak of others.

    1. plain開かれるひらかれるhirakareru
    2. polite開かれますひらかれますhirakaremasu
IntermediateIntentions, orders, conditions, making someone do something, and the verbs of respect and modesty.Volitional · -ō, -yō · Command · Condition · -ba · Causative · Causative passiveAlso show the Intermediate forms (5)

  1. Volitional · -ō, -yō

    Let’s, between friends; with と思う, what you intend to do.

    1. 開こうひらこうhirakō

  2. Command

    A blunt order or ban (〜な), heard in sports, on signs, and between men. Politely, say 〜てください.

    1. order開けひらけhirake
    2. ban開くなひらくなhiraku na

  3. Condition · -ba

    If…: the condition for what follows. In the negative, it also says what you must do: 〜なければならない.

    1. affirmative開けばひらけばhirakeba
    2. negative開かなければひらかなければhirakanakereba

  4. Causative

    Making or letting someone do something: に or を marks who does it.

    1. plain開かせるひらかせるhirakaseru
    2. polite開かせますひらかせますhirakasemasu

  5. Causative passive

    Being made to do something you did not want to. In speech, godan verbs often shorten -aserareru to -asareru.

    1. plain開かせられるひらかせられるhirakaserareru
    2. polite開かせられますひらかせられますhirakaseraremasu