Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
あば
Grade: 3
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
發く (kyūjitai)
For pronunciation and definitions of 発く – see the following entry.
あばく
[verb] 暴く, 発く: to dig something up or out, to excavate or exhume something
[verb] 暴く, 発く: to open something previously closed, to unrestrict something, to cut something loose or free
[verb] 暴く, 発く: to disclose (a secret), to expose (a crime), to lay bare, to divulge
Alternative spelling
暴く
(This term, 発く, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)