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開始 かいし (n,vs) start; commencement; beginning 184
開発 かいはつ (n) development; exploitation 198
開業 かいぎょう (n) opening of business or practice 435
開催 かいさい (n,vs) holding a meeting; open an exhibition 453
公開 こうかい (n,vs) presenting to the public 711
展開 てんかい (n,vs) develop; expansion (opposite of compression) 891
開通 かいつう (n,vs) opening; open 1172
開く あく (v5k,vi) (1) to open; to become open; to become empty 1260
開く ひらく (v5k) to open (e.g. a festival) 1260
開設 かいせつ (n,vs) establishment; opening 1308
開局 かいきょく (n) opening of post-office or telephone exchange 2302
再開 さいかい (n) reopening; resumption 2471
一切 いっさい (n-adv,n) all; everything; without exception; the whole; entirely; absolutely 2599
切る きる (suf,v5r) to cut; to chop; to hash; to carve; to saw; to clip; to shear; to slice; to strip; to fell; to cut down; to punch; to sever (connections); to pause; to break off; to disconnect; to turn off; to hang up; to cross (a street); to discount; to sell below cost; to shake (water) off; to finish; to be through; to complete 2932
開幕 かいまく (n) raising the curtain 3451
開校 かいこう (n) opening a school 3554
開放 かいほう (n,vs) open; throw open; liberalization 3656
適切 てきせつ (adj-na,n) pertinent; appropriate; adequate; relevance 4111
踏切 ふみきり (n) railway crossing; level crossing; starting line; scratch; crossover 4132
開拓 かいたく (n,vs) reclamation (of wasteland); cultivation; pioneer 4489
開ける あける (v1) to open 4628
開ける ひらける (v1) to become civilized; to become opened up; be up-to-date 4628
開店 かいてん (n,vs) (grand) opening of shop 5040
打ち切り うちきり (n) end; close; finish; discontinuance 5210
切れる きれる (v1) (1) to cut well; to be sharp; (2) to break (off); to snap; to wear out; (3) to be injured; (4) to burst; to collapse; (5) to be disconnected; to be out of; to expire; to sever (connections) with; (6) to be shrewd; to have a sharp mind 5266
切 さい cut 5409
切 せつ (adj-na,n) eager; earnest; ardent; kind; keen; acute 5409
大切 たいせつ (adj-na,n) important 5558
開館 かいかん (n) opening of new hall 5978
切り替える きりかえる (v1) to change; to exchange; to convert; to renew; to throw a switch; to replace; to switch over 5994
打ち切る うちきる (v5r) to stop; to abort; to discontinue; to close 6281
切断 せつだん (n,vs) cutting; severance; section; amputation 6308
不適切 ふてきせつ (adj-na,n) unsuitable; inappropriate; improper 6411
開戦 かいせん (n,vs) outbreak of war; starting a war 6509
切り きり (n,suf) limits; end; bounds; period; place to leave off; closing sentence; all there is; only; since 7095
切符 きっぷ (n) ticket 7276
開港 かいこう (n) open port; opening a port 7400
開閉 かいへい (n) opening and shutting 7665
裏切る うらぎる (v5r) to betray; to turn traitor to; to double-cross 7680
切手 きって (n) stamp (postage); merchandise certificate 7841
切手 きれて man of ability 7841
切り替え きりかえ (n) exchange; conversion; replacement; switching (to); switchover 8016
皮切り かわきり (n) beginning; start 8163
開花 かいか (n,vs) blooming 8720
開場 かいじょう (n,vs) opening 8899
開会 かいかい (n) opening of a meeting 9062
開園 かいえん (n) garden opening 9129
切り離す きりはなす (v5s) to detach; to decapitate 9377
裏切り うらぎり (n) treachery; betrayal; perfidy 9811
切腹 せっぷく (n) seppuku; disembowelment; harakiri 9872
非公開 ひこうかい (n) private 10242
切れ きれ (n) cloth; piece; cut; chop; strip; slice; scrap; counter for such 10249
区切る くぎる (v5r,vt) to punctuate; to cut off; to mark off; to stop; to put an end to 10800
開基 かいき (n) foundation of a temple; laying a foundation (stone) 10830
開祖 かいそ (n) (sect) founder; apostle; originator; inventor 10937
切り替わる きりかわる (v5r) to change completely 11140
開山 かいさん (n) founding a temple (on a hill-top) 11341
開口 かいこう (n) open mouth 11643
疎開 そかい (n) dispersal; evacuation; deployment 11924
切り裂く きりさく (v5k) to cut off; to cut up; to tear to pieces 12216
仕切り しきり (n) partition; division; boundary; compartment; settlement of accounts; toeing the mark 13033
仕切る しきる (v5r) to partition; to divide; to mark off; to settle accounts; to toe the mark 13146
切除 せつじょ (n,vs) cut off; cut out; ablation 13146
途切れる とぎれる (v1) to pause; to be interrupted 13209
横切る よこぎる (v5r) to cross (e.g. arms); to traverse 13236
開国 かいこく (n,vs) opening of a country (e.g. Japan) to the world 13236
切り札 きりふだ (n) trump card 13424
開示 かいじ (n) disclosure (legal) 13476
区切り くぎり (n) an end; a stop; punctuation 13488
開運 かいうん (n) better fortune 13574
開城 かいじょう (n) capitulation (of fort) 13648
打開 だかい (n) break in the deadlock 13825
新開地 しんかいち (n) newly opened or recently settled land 14405
踏み切る ふみきる (v5r) to make a bold start; to take a plunge; to take off 14416
開削 かいさく (n) excavation; cutting; digging 14446
押し切る おしきる (v5r) to have one's own way 14553
開講 かいこう (n,vs) beginning a series of one's lectures; starting a new course 14745
切替 きりかえ (n) exchange; conversion; replacement; switching (to); switchover 14784
切替 せったい (n) exchange; conversion; replacement; switching (to); switchover 14784
読み切り よみきり (n) finish reading; finish reading in one session 15112
開封 かいふう (n,vs) unsealed letter; breaking the seal 15294
取り仕切る とりしきる (v5r) to run or operate a business 15378
開墾 かいこん (n,vs) cultivating new land 15460
切り取る きりとる (v5r) to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out; to cut down; to amputate 15460
切り落とす きりおとす (v5s) to cut down; to lop off; to prune 15679
開票 かいひょう (n) counting ballots 15771
小切手 こぎって (n) cheque; check 16365
乗り切る のりきる (v5r) to weather; to get over; to tide over; to overcome; to get through; to ride across; to sail across 16594
親切 しんせつ (adj-na,n) kindness; gentleness 16902
切削 せっさく (n) cutting; a cut; machining 17636
満開 まんかい (n) full bloom 17636
切り開く きりひらく (v5k) to clear (land); to open up; to cut through 17661
裏切り者 うらぎりもの (n) betrayer; traitor; turncoat; informer 17858
振り切る ふりきる (v5r) to shake off; to shake free from 17941
切り出す きりいだす (v5s) to quarry; to cut (timber); to cut and carry off; to begin to talk; to break the ice; to broach; to bring down 18077
切り出す きりだす (v5s) to quarry; to cut (timber); to cut and carry off; to begin to talk; to break the ice; to broach; to bring down 18077
全開 ぜんかい (n,vs) opening fully; full throttle 18155
締め切り しめきり (n) closing; cut-off; end; deadline; Closed; No Entrance 18205
両開き りょうびらき (n) double (two-leaf) door 18205
開眼 かいがん (n,vs) enlightenment; spiritual awakening; opening ones eyes to the truth 18267
開眼 かいげん (n,vs) enlightenment; spiritual awakening; opening ones eyes to the truth 18267
切り捨てる きりすてる (v1) to truncate; to cut down; to omit; to discard; to slay; to cast away 18918
押切 おしきり (n) (1) straw cutter; short mane; (2) pressing and cutting 19107
切っ掛け きっかけ (n) chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus; occasion 19141
切れ味 きれあじ (n) sharpness (of a sword); the feel of a cutting edge 19235
散開 さんかい (n) deployment 19375
締切 しめきり (n) closing; cut-off; end; deadline; Closed; No Entrance 19375
逃げ切る にげきる (v5r) to get away; to manage to hold on 19443
見切り みきり (n) abandon; forsake 20047
未開 みかい (adj-na,adj-no,n) savage land; backward region; uncivilized 20047
新開 しんかい (n) opening (of uncultivated land) 20200
切ない せつない (adj) painful; trying; oppressive; suffocating 20436
時間切れ じかんぎれ (n) being out of time 20473
使い切る つかいきる (v5r) to use up; to exhaust; to wear out 20588
切妻 きりずま gable 20588
切妻 きりづま (n) gable 20588
切れ目 きれめ (n) break; pause; gap; end; rift; interruption; cut; section; notch; incision; end (of a task) 20635
幕開け まくあけ (n) beginning; opening (of play) 20946
踏み切り ふみきり (n) railway crossing; level crossing; starting line; scratch; crossover 21177
思い切る おもいきる (v5r) to resign to fate; to despair 21230
断ち切る たちきる (v5r) to sever; to break off; to cut asunder; to cut off; to block; to disconnect 21314
開所 かいしょ (n,vs) open a new business 21836
切り口 きりくち (n) cut end; section; opening; slit 21972
割り切れる わりきれる (v1) to be divisible (by); to be divided without residue 22001
切り刻む きりきざむ (v5m) to hew; to chop up; to mangle; to mince 22165
切り上げ きりあげ (n) end; conclusion 22165
開化 かいか (n) civilization; enlightenment 22445
切り込む きりこむ (v5m) to cut into; to raid; to attack; to cut up 22528
割り切る わりきる (v5r) to divide; to give a clear explanation 22615
切り抜ける きりぬける (v1) to cut one's way through; to tide over; to struggle through; to get over 22840
開明 かいめい (n) civilization; enlightenment 23235
期限切れ きげんぎれ (n) expiration of a term 23686
切開 せっかい (n,vs) clearing (land); opening up; cutting through 23686
切り盛り きりもり (n) management; administration; preparing food 23919
切り分ける きりわける (v1) to cut up; to cut and discard; to eliminate systematically (in fault-finding) 24080
思い切り おもいきり (adv,n) with all one's strength (heart); resignation; resolution 24217
切り上げる きりあげる (v1) to abbreviate; to close; to finish 24217
開き直る ひらきなおる (v5r) to become defiant; to turn upon; to become serious 24363
切り捨て きりすて (n) (historical) using people of low rank as sword fodder; omission; rounding down 24363
開業医 かいぎょうい (n) medical practitioner 24777
開院 かいいん (n) opening congress; hospital opening 24980
輪切り わぎり (n) round slices 25113
薄切り うすぎり (n) thin slice; slicing thin 25358
文明開化 ぶんめいかいか (n) Japan's Westernization movement during the Meiji era 25491
宇宙開発事業団 うちゅうかいはつじぎょうだん NASDA; National Space Development Agency 25918
見切る みきる (v5r) to see everything; to abandon; to sell at a loss 25918
開門 かいもん (n) opening gate 26001
締め切る しめきる (v5r) to shut up 26157
開演 かいえん (n) curtain raising; starting (e.g. play, concert) 26240
切り立つ きりたつ (v5t) to rise perpendicularly 26494