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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
幕府 ばくふ (n) bakufu; shogunate 1327
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
幕 とばり curtain; bunting; act (in play) 2627
開幕 かいまく (n) raising the curtain 3451
開校 かいこう (n) opening a school 3554
幕末 ばくまつ (n) closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate; end of Edo era 3607
開放 かいほう (n,vs) open; throw open; liberalization 3656
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
幕内 まくうち (n) highest rank in sumo 5747
開館 かいかん (n) opening of new hall 5978
開戦 かいせん (n,vs) outbreak of war; starting a war 6509
字幕 じまく (n) title; subtitle 6783
幕僚 ばくりょう (n) staff; staff officer 6890
開港 かいこう (n) open port; opening a port 7400
開閉 かいへい (n) opening and shutting 7665
幕下 まくした (n) junior class sumo wrestler or division 7691
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
非公開 ひこうかい (n) private 10242
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
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
入幕 にゅうまく (n) advancing to the first grade 11933
黒幕 くろまく (n) black curtain; wire puller; political fixer 12877
開国 かいこく (n,vs) opening of a country (e.g. Japan) to the world 13236
開示 かいじ (n) disclosure (legal) 13476
開運 かいうん (n) better fortune 13574
開城 かいじょう (n) capitulation (of fort) 13648
幕臣 ばくしん (n) shogunate retainer or vassal 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
開削 かいさく (n) excavation; cutting; digging 14446
開講 かいこう (n,vs) beginning a series of one's lectures; starting a new course 14745
開封 かいふう (n,vs) unsealed letter; breaking the seal 15294
開墾 かいこん (n,vs) cultivating new land 15460
幕政 ばくせい (n) the shogunate (administration) 15460
開票 かいひょう (n) counting ballots 15771
一幕 ひとまく (n) one act 16044
倒幕 とうばく (n,vs) overthrow of the shogunate 16822
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
全開 ぜんかい (n,vs) opening fully; full throttle 18155
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
閉幕 へいまく (n) falling of the curtain 18701
弾幕 だんまく (n) barrage 19107
散開 さんかい (n) deployment 19375
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
幕開け まくあけ (n) beginning; opening (of play) 20946
佐幕 さばく (n) adherence to the shogunate 21087
討幕 とうばく (n,vs) attacking the shogunate 21138
平幕 ひらまく (n) rank-and-file wrestlers in sumo's highest division 21314
開所 かいしょ (n,vs) open a new business 21836
開化 かいか (n) civilization; enlightenment 22445
煙幕 えんまく (n) smokescreen 22992
開明 かいめい (n) civilization; enlightenment 23235
天幕 てんまく (n) curtain; tent; pavilion 23584
切開 せっかい (n,vs) clearing (land); opening up; cutting through 23686
銀幕 ぎんまく (n) silver screen (movies) 23750
横断幕 おうだんまく (n) banner strung across a street 24154
開き直る ひらきなおる (v5r) to become defiant; to turn upon; to become serious 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
除幕 じょまく (n) unveiling (ceremony) 24980
幕の内 まくのうち (n) the top-ranking sumo division; variety of boxed lunch 25113
文明開化 ぶんめいかいか (n) Japan's Westernization movement during the Meiji era 25491
幕間 まくあい (n) intermission (between acts); interlude 25554
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
開門 かいもん (n) opening gate 26001
開演 かいえん (n) curtain raising; starting (e.g. play, concert) 26240
垂れ幕 たれまく (n) hanging screen; curtain 27241
帝王切開 ていおうせっかい (n) Caesarean section 27617
見開き みひらき (n) two pages opposite each other 27901
終幕 しゅうまく (n) end; close 28300
見開く みひらく (v5k) to open one's eyes 28681
開帳 かいちょう (n,vs) unveiling a Buddhist image; gambling 28780
内幕 うちまく (n) lowdown; inside curtain; inside information; hidden circumstances; inside facts; inner workings; undisclosed circumstances 28866
内幕 ないまく (n) lowdown; inside curtain; inside information; hidden circumstances; inside facts; inner workings; undisclosed circumstances 28866
開平 かいへい (n) extraction of square root 28975
開襟 かいきん (n) open-necked (shirt) 29190
観音開き かんのんびらき (n) double doors 30195
半開 はんかい (n) semicivilized 30688
開腹 かいふく (n) making a surgical incision in the abdomen 31527
開鑿 かいさく (oK) (n) excavation; cutting; digging 31784
統幕 とうばく general staff headquarters 31784
天地開闢 てんちかいびゃく (n) creation of heaven and earth 31930
幕屋 まくや (n) tent; tabernacle; small curtain-enclosed (off a stage); Makuya (Original Gospel Movement of Japan) 32501
幕切れ まくぎれ (n) fall of the curtain; last scene; end of act 33282
開闢 かいびゃく (n) beginnings; creation; founding (of empire) 33636
開廷 かいてい (n) court session; trial 33830
開陳 かいちん (n,vs) stating; expressing (ones opinion) 34761
開架 かいか (n) open access (in a library); open shelves 34955
山開き やまびらき (n) start of the mountain-climbing season 35357
鏡開き かがみびらき (n) cutting the New Year's rice cake (on January 11) 35968
開き戸 ひらきど (n) (hinged) door 36396
幕営 ばくえい (n) camp; camping 36884
幕吏 ばくり (n) shogunate official 37130
未開拓 みかいたく (n) undeveloped; wild (areas) 37130
川開き かわびらき (n) festival marking the start of boating season 38888
開口一番 かいこういちばん (n-adv) at the very beginning of one's speech; the first thing (one) says after opening the mouth 39227
開立 かいりゅう (n,vs) extraction of cubic root 39227
旧幕 きゅうばく (n) the old feudal government; shogunate 39227
剣幕 けんまく (n) threatening attitude 39227
開け放つ あけはなつ (v5t) to throw open; to leave open 39571
暗幕 あんまく (n) blackout curtain 39920
開発途上国 かいはつとじょうこく (n) developing country; emerging nation 39920
序幕 じょまく (n) curtain-raiser; prologue 40263
開銀 かいぎん development bank 40619
半開き はんびらき (n) partly open; in half bloom 41039
電源開発 でんげんかいはつ electric power resource development 41444
開けっ放し あけっぱなし (adj-na,n) leaving open or ajar 42342
開札 かいさつ (n) opening or unsealing of bids 42893
開け放す あけはなす (v5s,vt) to keep open; to leave open 43447
蔵開き くらびらき (n) first opening of warehouse after New Year 43447
幔幕 まんまく (n) curtain; drapery 44061
鯨幕 くじらまく (n) black and white striped curtain (used at funeral service) 44709
背開き せびらき (n) slicing a fish down its back 44709
幕開き まくあき (n) raising of the curtains; beginning; opening 44709
開巻 かいかん (n) opening (part) of a book 46248
垂幕 たれまく (n) hanging screen; curtain 46248
店開き みせびらき (n,vs) opening a store; starting a business 47205
帷幕 いばく (n) curtain; field staff headquarters; secret meeting place 48294
口開け くちあけ (n) opening; broaching; beginning; first sale 49657
序開き じょびらき (n) beginnings; origins 49657
続開 ぞっかい (n) resumption; continuing 49657
中幕 なかまく (n) middle act 49657
揚げ幕 あげまく (n) entrance curtain (in Noh) 49657
インフラ開発 インフラかいはつ infrastructure development 51560
テキスト開始 テキストかいし start of text (STX) 51560
ヘッディング開始 ヘッディングかいし start of heading (SOH) 51560