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I would like to know the difference between these words, please write some example sentences.

Dav7n
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    Possible Duplicate: [ひらく / とじる vs. あける / しめる](http://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/6449/542) – Flaw Aug 20 '16 at 15:52
  • ^That link is helpful but I don't think it answers the question. Unless I'm missing something it just says that the two are used differently without saying why. – user3856370 Aug 20 '16 at 16:07
  • @user3856370 I rather think the accepted answer in that link tells sufficiently how and why they're different, and becomes a superset of what needs to be answered here. – broccoli facemask Aug 21 '16 at 16:41
  • @broccoliforest Your right. I guess I was getting confused with how you know when to use あく or あける for example when they can both be transitive and intransitive. – user3856370 Aug 21 '16 at 16:47

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開く（あく）to be opened

その店は開く This shop is opened

開く（ひらく）to open

私は窓を開く I open a window

StanisLove Sid
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    It seems your answer tries to distinguish them by transitivity. However, ひらく can be transitive or intransitive while あく is intransitive. – Flaw Aug 20 '16 at 15:54
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As in Flaw's comment, あく is intransitive and ひらく can be both. The transitive form of あく is 開ける（あける）. And don't confuse 開くwith 空く（あく）which means to become vacant.

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