Word details

開墾

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 開墾.

Dictionary

Entry

開墾いこんNounTransitive~する VerbFreq #30425
1

cultivating new land; clearing; reclamation

Examples
新たな入植者達がその広大な広野を開墾した。
The newcomers cultivated the immense wilderness.

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

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

はるひらき

ground-breaking, open up farmland

16 strokesJLPT N1Grade 8

On

コン

Kun

は.るひら.く

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