Keyword
clear the way
Info
FrequencyTop 1900-2000
Type
Jōyō 
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KankenLevel 4
Heisig703
Readings
たく
(78%)
ひら
(21%)
Composed of
left hand
stone
Used in vocabulary (24 in total)
reclamation (e.g. wasteland); cultivation; development; pioneering; opening up (e.g. new market); breaking new ground
to open (e.g. path); to clear (the way); to break up (e.g. land)
to cut open; to clear (land); to cut (a path, road, etc.); to carve out (a new career, future, etc.); to open up (a new field)
Examples (5 in total)
The settlers learned that the land in the valley was fertile.
The pioneers met with many dangers.
Pioneer men and women had a hard life, and so did their children.