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切り開く

切り拓く、 切開く

Reading

Kana: きりひらく
Romaji: kirihiraku
Kana
Romaji

Definition

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vt
1

to clear (land); to open up; to cut through

Kanji

Readings: セツ、 サイ、 き.る、 -き.る、 き.り、 -き.り、 -ぎ.り、 き.れる、 -き.れる、 き.れ、 -き.れ、 -ぎ.れ
Meanings: cut, cutoff, be sharp
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

(もり)(なか)(みち)()(ひら)いた。
➥We hacked a path through the forest.
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(かれ)らは密林(みつりん)(みち)()(ひら)いた。
➥They cut out a path through thick jungle.
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(きみ)自分(じぶん)(みち)()(ひら)こうとすべきだ。
➥You should try to cut your way.
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(かれ)は、その封筒(ふうとう)()(ひら)いた。
➥He cut the envelope open.
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我々(われわれ)(もり)()(ひら)いて(みち)(つく)った。
➥We cleared a path through the woods.
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我々(われわれ)はジャングルを()(ひら)いて(すす)んだ。
➥We chopped our way through the jungle.
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