Word details
切り開く
Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 切り開く.
Dictionary
Entry
1
to cut open
Examples
彼は、その封筒を切り開いた。
He cut the envelope open.
2
to clear (land); to cut (a path, road, etc.); to open; to cut one's way through (e.g. a jungle)
Examples
我々は森を切り開いて道を作った。
We cleared a path through the woods.
3
to carve out (a new career, future, etc.); to open up (a new field)
Character notes
Kanji in this Word
切
cut, cutoff, be sharp
4 strokesFrequency 324JLPT N3Grade 2
On
セツサイ
Kun
き.る-き.るき.り-き.り-ぎ.りき.れる-き.れるき.れ-き.れ-ぎ.れ
Nanori
きつきりぎり
開
open, unfold, unseal
12 strokesFrequency 59JLPT N3Grade 3
On
カイ
Kun
ひら.くひら.き-びら.きひら.けるあ.くあ.ける
Nanori
はるかひらき
拓
clear (the land), open, break up (land)
8 strokesFrequency 1,526JLPT N1Grade 8
On
タク
Kun
ひら.く
Nanori
つひろ
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