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What is a 街開き? I know that 街 can mean "town" and 開き means "opening", so it
means something like "town opening", but what is it exactly?

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What is the definition of a 街開き?
街開き is not very common, but it's actually _town opening_. It's used when a
newly developed town (or district, or large apartment building) is made
available to the public use. It also refers to an opening ceremony.

See:

  * [「開成町みなみ」街開き式](http://kanagawa.itot.jp/kaisei/231)
  * [変わる東京。今後注目したい新しい「街開き」](https://www.athome.co.jp/contents/trend/071/)
  * [分譲住宅地でなぜ「街びらき」イベントが行われたのか](https://allabout.co.jp/gm/gc/455869/)

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**EDIT** While 街開き is not common, it's instantly understandable to native
speakers because we have similar ～開き words:

  * [海開き](http://jisho.org/word/%E6%B5%B7%E9%96%8B%E3%81%8D)
  * [プール開き](http://jisho.org/word/%E3%83%97%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E9%96%8B%E3%81%8D)
  * [山開き](http://jisho.org/word/%E5%B1%B1%E9%96%8B%E3%81%8D)
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