ひらき・開きhiraki[3]odaka (tail-high)

1. nounopening; gap
2. suffixdried and opened fish
3. noun, goextensionusu. ヒラキ

• Synonym差さNeutralRead 「さし」, it means two people face to face or a hindrance, as in 「差しで飲む」; only the reading 「さ」 gives the sense of difference.
• Synonym相違そういWrittenWritten word for things being mutually different, as in 「意見の相違」; 「開き」 is the size of the gap itself.
• Related差異さいWrittenWritten word for differences found when comparing things; 「開き」 stresses a gap that has opened up in figures or distance.
• Related隔たりへだたりNeutralCovers distance and gaps, and also emotional estrangement; 「開き」 usually refers to a gap in scores, prices and the like.
• Related食い違いくいちがいNeutralPoints to opinions or accounts that fail to match or even contradict each other; 「開き」 stresses how wide the gap between two sides is, as in 「意見の開き」.
• RelatedずれCasualColloquial word for time, position or ideas being out of line; 「開き」 leans toward gaps in quantity.
• RelatedギャップCasualColloquial loanword for a gap or contrast, as in 「イメージとのギャップ」; 「開き」 leans toward differences in numbers.
• Related不一致ふいっちWrittenWritten word for things not matching or being inconsistent; 「開き」 stresses the gap that opens up between two things.
• Antonym閉じNeutralMeans closing or shutting, the direct opposite of 「開き」 in its sense of opening.

Use 「開き」 for gaps that open up in scores, prices and other figures; it also means opening, and fish split open and dried. For differences in nature pick 「相違」 or 「差異」, for clashes of opinion 「食い違い」, for deviations 「ずれ」, and for contrast 「ギャップ」; 「閉じ」 is its antonym.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. ひらくこと。
2. 花はなが咲さくこと。
3. 間隔かんかく。
4. 終おわること。
5. 魚さかなの体からだを開ひらいて乾燥かんそうさせたもの。
6. 体からだをかわすこと。