Refers to a physical opening, space, or gap between things. Also used figuratively for differences or disparities.
The door opening is too narrow for large furniture to pass through.
There is a wide gap between their opinions.
dried and opened fish
Suffix used in names of fish that have been split open and dried, such as 鯵の開き (dried opened horse mackerel).
I grilled a dried opened horse mackerel for breakfast.
In the game of go, a move that extends from an existing stone or group along the side. Usually written in katakana as ヒラキ.
Play a two-space extension from the corner stone.
There is a big gap between their opinions.
I split open the saury and dried it.
The players kept training to narrow the gap in their skill levels.
double door; two-leaf door
clearing (land); excavating
partly open; ajar; half-open
double doors; double-opening from the centre · butterfly fillet; centre-cut filleting
opening of the mountain-climbing season
cutting the New Year's rice cake; kagami-biraki (Jan 11) · breaking open a sake cask; ceremonial sake barrel opening
starting a business; opening a new store · opening a store for the day; opening up shop
inward-opening (door/window)
opening outward (door/window)
river-opening festival; start of boating season
beginning; opening; start
functioning cuff buttons; working buttonholes on jacket sleeves · surgeon's cuffs
opening of the beachgoing season
opening the winter hearth
single door; door that opens from one side
butterflying a fish from the back