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    3. 開拓

    開拓

    開かい拓たく

    reclamation (e.g. of wasteland)

    N1KMT6News #11+1CoreNoun, Participle, Verb, TransitiveHistoryKanji Vocab20 strokes

    かいたく

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Transitive

    1.
    reclamation (e.g. of wasteland), cultivation, development
    2.
    pioneering, opening up (e.g. of a new market), breaking new ground, trailblazing

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    彼かれらは新あたらしい土と地ちを開かい拓たくしました。

    They pioneered new land.

    KMT5HistoryNature & Environment
    困こん難なんな道みちのりを経へて、この地ち域いきは開かい拓たくされました。

    After a difficult journey, this region was developed.

    KMT6HistoryNature & Environment
    北ほっ海かい道どうの開かい拓たくは、明めい治じ時じ代だいに本はん格かく的しきに始はじまりました。

    The development of Hokkaido truly began in the Meiji era.

    KMT6HistoryTravel & Transportation
    未み開かいの市し場じょうを開かい拓たくすることは、企き業ぎょうにとって大おおきな挑ちょう戦せんです。

    Pioneering an undeveloped market is a big challenge for companies.

    KMT7Business & FinanceWork & Career
    新しん技ぎ術じゅつの開かい拓たくは、常つねにリスクと隣となり合あわせです。

    Pioneering new technologies is always accompanied by risks.

    KMT7TechnologyBusiness & Finance

    Kanji that make up this word

    開
    ひら.く・ひら.き・-びら.き・ひら.ける・あ.く・あ.ける…(4)
    open・unfold・unseal
    拓
    ひら.く…(3)
    clear (the land)・open・break up (land)
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