OPEN / CLOSED (adj.) vs. OPEN / CLOSE (v.)
開店している／閉店している（形容詞）vs.　開店する／閉店する（動詞）

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To say that a restaurant, shop, bank, library, museum, etc. is open [adj.] means that it is ready to serve customers or that visitors can enter. 

To say that a restaurant, etc. is closed means that it is NOT open.

To say that a restaurant, etc. opens or closes [v.] means that it becomes open or closed.

(Be careful: When talking about business hours,* we say that a shop, restaurant, etc. is open [adj.], for example, from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm. We do NOT say it opens [v.] from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm. Rather, it opens AT 10:00 and closes AT 6:00.)
* See the 25 June 2001 WordMaster,"[business] HOURS".

レストラン、店、銀行、図書館、博物館などが、来訪者にサービスできる状態になっているとき、～ is open ［形容詞］と言います。つまり開店している、とか、開館している、という意味です。

レストランなどが閉店しているときは、～ is closed になります。

"a restaurant, etc. opens"、"a restaurant, etc. closes"［動詞］は、レストランなどが開店する、閉店するという意味です。

注意：店などの営業時間＊ について言うときには、形容詞の open を使って、例えば The shop is open from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm. と言います。動詞使って The shop opens from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm. とは言いません。動詞を使うなら、The shop opens AT 10:00 and closes AT 6:00. になります。
＊ 2001/6/25の WordMaster "[business] HOURS" 参照 
 
 
1.(on the phone)
a:Excuse me, what are your hours?
b:We're open from 9 to 5, Monday through Friday.
2.(at the entrance to a restaurant)
a:Can I still have dinner?
b:I'm sorry but we're closed.
3.The bank had already closed, so I had to use the ATM. 
4.a:How late are you open tonight?
b:The store closes at 11 p.m.
5.I often see people lined up in front of the pachinko hall as much as an hour before it opens.
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