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抉じ開ける

こじ開ける

Reading

Kana: こじあける
Romaji: kojiakeru
Kana
Romaji

Definition

v1
vt
1

to wrench open; to prize open; to pick (lock)

Kanji

Readings: ケツ、 えぐ.る、 こじ.る、 くじ.る
Meanings: gouge, hollow out, bore, pry
Readings: カイ、 ひら.く、 ひら.き、 -びら.き、 ひら.ける、 あ.く、 あ.ける
Meanings: open, unfold, unseal

Example Sentences

ドアをこじ()けた。
➥The door was broken open.
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そのこそ(どろ)(まど)をこじ()けている現場(げんば)(つか)まった。
➥The burglar was caught in the act of prying open the window.
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(かれ)(てつ)(ぼう)(かぎ)のかかったドアを(くじ)()けた。
➥He pried open the locked door with a crowbar.
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(わたし)はドアをこじ()けようとしましたが、不可能(ふかのう)でした。
➥I tried to break the door open, which I found impossible.
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