Word Meaning 開拓

かいたく kaitaku

開拓 is read as かいたく (kaitaku) and means reclamation (e.g. of wasteland).

Meaning

English

  1. reclamation (e.g. of wasteland)
  2. cultivation
  3. development
  4. pioneering
  5. opening up (e.g. of a new market)
  6. breaking new ground
  7. trailblazing

Reading

Kana

かいたく

Romaji

kaitaku

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 20 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 4867 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

開拓者

かいたくしゃ

pioneer

開拓地

かいたくち

reclaimed land

開拓使

かいたくし

early-Meiji administrative unit for Hokkaido (1869-1882)

開拓精神

かいたくせいしん

frontier spirit

開拓者精神

かいたくしゃせいしん

pioneering spirit

未開拓

みかいたく

undeveloped (area)

市場開拓

しじょうかいたく

market development

西部開拓

せいぶかいたく

settlement of the American frontier

活路開拓

かつろかいたく

developing a way or means

未開拓地

みかいたくち

undeveloped area

満蒙開拓団

まんもうかいたくだん

Japanese colonists of Manchuria and Inner Mongolia

開催

かいさい

holding (a conference, exhibition, etc.)

Example Sentences

3

There are still uncivilized lands.

We have to find a new market for these products.

Companions with the same aim, to carve out their own future, cooperate with each other.