Illustration: On an overgrown hillside behind a Japanese village, a trail volunteer uses a pruning saw to remove the last low branch blocking a new footpath. Dense bamboo grass still stands ahead, while a narrow cleared strip extends behind her to waiting companions.

JLPT N1verbLevel estimated by Bebop

切きり開ひらく

kirihiraku

to clear a path, to open up land

Example sentences

  1. 森もりの中なかに道みちを切きり開ひらいた。

    We hacked a path through the forest.

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  2. 彼かれらは密林みつりんに道みちを切きり開ひらいた。

    They cut out a path through thick jungle.

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  3. 我々われわれはジャングルを切きり開ひらいて進すすんだ。

    We chopped our way through the jungle.

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Kanji in 切開

  • 切cutOnセツ・サイKunきる・きり・きれる
  • 開open; unfoldOnカイKunひらく・ひらき・ひらける

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