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開拓者

Reading

Kana: かいたくしゃ
Romaji: kaitakusha
Kana
Romaji

Definition

1

pioneer; settler; colonist

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)
Readings: シャ、 もの
Meanings: someone, person

Example Sentences

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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開拓者達(かいたくしゃたち)現地人(げんちじん)たちから毛皮(けがわ)物々交換(ぶつぶつこうかん)()()れた。
➥The colonists bartered with the natives for fur.
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開拓者達(かいたくしゃたち)(つら)生活(せいかつ)をしたし、彼等(かれら)子供(こども)もそうだった。
➥Pioneer men and women had a hard life, and so did their children.
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