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切り開く

きりひらく

to open up, to carve out

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Examples

  1. 自ら道を切り開いた。

    みずからみちをきりひらいた。

    He carved out his own path.

  2. 森を切り開いて畑にした。

    もりをきりひらいてはたけにした。

    They cleared the forest and turned it into fields.

  3. 若い世代が新しい時代を切り開いていくだろう。

    わかいせだいがあたらしいじだいをきりひらいていくだろう。

    The younger generation will open up a new era.

Common patterns

道を切り開く
to blaze a trail
未来を切り開く
to carve out a future
土地を切り開く
to clear land

Memory tip

Literally hacking through forest to make a road, and by extension pioneering where no one has gone. 道を切り開く works in both senses at once, which is why it is such a common metaphor.

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