開かい港こう

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開港する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

opening a port; starting port operations

General term for opening a seaport, airport, or other port facility for use, or commencing operations there.

opening a port to foreign trade

Specifically refers to opening a port to foreign vessels or international commerce, often in a historical or diplomatic context.

〈場ば所しょ〉が開かい港こうするfor a port/airport to open
横よこ浜はま港こうは1859年ねんに開かい港こうした。
The port of Yokohama opened in 1859.
〈国くに〉に港みなとを開かい港こうするto open a port to a foreign country
幕ばく末まつの日本にほんは欧おう米べい諸しょ国こくに港みなとを開かい港こうした。
Japan opened its ports to Western countries at the end of the Edo period.

開かい業ぎょう sense 1
開業 is used for opening a business or starting professional operations, while 開港 specifically refers to opening a port or airport for use.
開かい設せつN1sense 1
開設 is a general term for establishing or opening facilities, institutions, or services, while 開港 is limited to ports and airports.
開かい国こく
開国 refers to opening an entire country to foreign relations, while 開港 refers narrowly to opening a specific port to foreign trade or ships.

鎖さ港こう sense 2
鎖港 means closing a port to foreign trade, the historical opposite of 開港 in the sense of opening a port to foreign vessels.

開かい校こう
開校 (opening of a school) and 開港 (opening of a port) share the same reading かいこう but refer to completely different kinds of openings.

Compound of 開 (kai, 'open') and 港 (kō, 'port'). The term emerged in the context of Japan's modernization and international trade in the 19th century.