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開拓

Reading

Kana: かいたく
Romaji: kaitaku
Kana
Romaji

Definitions

vs
1

reclamation (e.g. wasteland); cultivation; development; opening up (e.g. new market)

2

pioneering; pathfinding; trail-blazing

Kanji

Readings: カイ、 ひら.く、 ひら.き、 -びら.き、 ひら.ける、 あ.く、 あ.ける
Meanings: open, unfold, unseal
Readings: タク、 ひら.く
Meanings: clear (the land), open, break up (land)

Example Sentences

荒野(あらの)開拓(かいたく)する。
➥Cultivate the wilderness.
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開拓民(かいたくみん)たちはキリスト(ょう)信奉(しんぽう)した。
➥The settlers embraced the Christian religion.
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輸入品(ゆにゅうひん)市場(しじょう)開拓(かいたく)する(おお)くの努力(どりょく)がなされてきた。
➥Many efforts have been make to develop market for imports.
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開拓者(かいたくしゃ)(おお)くの危険(きけん)出会(であ)った。
➥The pioneers met with many dangers.
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(あら)たな入植者達(にゅうしょくしゃたち)がその広大(こうだい)荒野(あらの)開拓(かいたく)した。
➥The newcomers cultivated the immense wilderness.
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開拓民(かいたくみん)たちは谷間(たにま)土地(とち)肥沃(ひよく)であることを()った。
➥The settlers learned that the land in the valley was fertile.
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