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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
背景 はいけい (n) background; scenery; setting; circumstance 1493
背番号 せばんごう (n) number on player's back 2017
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
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
背 せい (n) height; stature 4442
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
背中 せなか (n) back (of body) 5074
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
背後 はいご (n) back; rear 6995
開港 かいこう (n) open port; opening a port 7400
背負う しょう (v5u) to be burdened with; to carry on back or shoulder 7643
背負う せおう (v5u) to be burdened with; to carry on back or shoulder 7643
開閉 かいへい (n) opening and shutting 7665
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
背面 はいめん (n) rear; back; reverse 9905
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
背部 はいぶ (n) back 12921
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
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
開票 かいひょう (n) counting ballots 15771
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
背く そむく (v5k) to run counter to; to go against; to disobey; to infringe 17756
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
背広 せびろ (n) business suit 19141
散開 さんかい (n) deployment 19375
背泳ぎ せおよぎ (n) backstroke (swim.) 19961
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
開所 かいしょ (n,vs) open a new business 21836
開化 かいか (n) civilization; enlightenment 22445
背徳 はいとく (n) corruption; immorality; fall from virtue 22570
開明 かいめい (n) civilization; enlightenment 23235
背骨 せぼね (n) spine; backbone 23584
切開 せっかい (n,vs) clearing (land); opening up; cutting through 23686
背丈 せたけ (n) stature; height 23750
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
背信 はいしん (n,vs) betrayal; infidelity 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
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
背筋 せすじ (n) (1) the muscles along the spine; dorsal muscles; (2) spinal column; (3) seam in the back; back seam 26578
背筋 はいきん (n) (1) the muscles along the spine; dorsal muscles; (2) spinal column; (3) seam in the back; back seam 26578
背中合わせ せなかあわせ (n) back to back; discord; feud 26991
背任 はいにん (n) breach of trust (law) 27058
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
背負い投げ しょいなげ (n) back or shoulder throw; betrayal 28300
背負い投げ せおいなげ (n) back or shoulder throw; betrayal 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
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
猫背 ねこぜ (n) a bent back; stoop 30433
背伸び せのび (n,vs) standing on tiptoe; stretch oneself; overreach oneself 30552
半開 はんかい (n) semicivilized 30688
光背 こうはい (n) halo 30969
開腹 かいふく (n) making a surgical incision in the abdomen 31527
背鰭 せびれ (n) dorsal fin 31527
開鑿 かいさく (oK) (n) excavation; cutting; digging 31784
背教 はいきょう (n) apostasy 31784
天地開闢 てんちかいびゃく (n) creation of heaven and earth 31930
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
背反 はいはん (n,vs) revolting; rebellion; going against; contradiction; antinomy 34580
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
背ける そむける (v1) to turn one's face away; to avert one's eyes 34955
山開き やまびらき (n) start of the mountain-climbing season 35357
上背 うわぜい (n) stature; height 35357
違背 いはい (n) violation; transgression 35577
二律背反 にりつはいはん (n) antinomy; self-contradiction 35577
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
腹背 ふくはい (n) back and front; opposition in the heart 36884
未開拓 みかいたく (n) undeveloped; wild (areas) 37130
紙背 しはい (n) reverse side of a paper; (read) between the lines 37405
中背 ちゅうぜい (n) average height 38001
背筋力 はいきんりょく (n) strength of one's back 38001
背嚢 はいのう (n) knapsack 38001
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
開け放つ あけはなつ (v5t) to throw open; to leave open 39571
開発途上国 かいはつとじょうこく (n) developing country; emerging nation 39920
背格好 せかっこう (n) one's height or stature; one's physique 39920
開銀 かいぎん development bank 40619
背理 はいり (n) absurdity; irrationality 41039
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
面従腹背 めんじゅうふくはい (n) pretending to obey but secretly betraying (someone) 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
向背 こうはい (n) one's attitude; state of affairs 44061
背割り せわり (n) slicing a fish down its back; a slit in the back of a garment 44061
背戸 せど (n) back door or entrance 44061
背開き せびらき (n) slicing a fish down its back 44709
背縫い せぬい (n) back seam 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
背泳 はいえい (n) backstroke 46248
店開き みせびらき (n,vs) opening a store; starting a business 47205
背走 はいそう (n) running backwards 48294
背馳 はいち (n) inconsistency; contradiction; disobedience 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