ichidan verb, transitive verb
open (clothing); bare (body); expose
Transitive: deliberately opening or loosening one's clothing to expose skin, such as a robe, shirt, or chest.
暑くて、彼はシャツの胸元をはだけた。
Feeling hot, he opened the front of his shirt.
彼女は肩をはだけて、日焼けを見せた。
She bared her shoulder to show the sunburn.
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
come open (clothing); become exposed
Intransitive: clothing becomes loose or opens by itself, revealing skin.
浴衣の襟がはだけて、寒かった。
The collar of my yukata came open and I felt cold.
風でコートがはだけた。
My coat blew open in the wind.
ichidan verb, transitive verb
open wide (legs, eyes, mouth); stretch
Archaic transitive use for opening body parts wide; rare in modern Japanese. Mostly found in older texts.
古文では「足をはだける」と書いて、足を大きく開く意味になる。
In classical Japanese, 足をはだける means to spread one's legs wide.