Illustration: In a small Japanese appliance workshop, two engineers test a newly developed mechanical gripper that can lift delicate strawberries without crushing them. Earlier prototypes sit nearby: one has rigid claws beside a squashed berry, and another has fingers too wide to hold the fruit.

JLPT N2suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

開かい発はつ

kaihatsu

to develop

Example sentences

彼かれは新製品しんせいひん開発かいはつに対たいして強つよい熱意ねついを示しめした。
He showed a lot of enthusiasm for the development of new products.
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新あたらしいエネルギーを開発かいはつしなくてはならない。
We need to develop a new kind of energy.
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彼かれは新素材しんそざいの開発かいはつに従事じゅうじしている。
He is engaged in developing new materials.
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Kanji in 開発

開open; unfoldOnカイKunひらく・ひらき・ひらける
発departure; dischargeOnハツ・ホツKunたつ・あばく・おこる

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