切きり開ひらく

godan verb (-ku), transitive verb

clear (land); cut (a path); hack through

Removing obstacles to create a passage or open space, often in nature. 切り拓く is common for this sense.

• 開かい拓たく者しゃたちは森もりを切きり開ひらいて農のう地ちを作つくった。

  The pioneers cleared the forest to make farmland.

• 彼かれらはジャングルに道みちを切きり開ひらいた。

  They cut a path through the jungle.

godan verb (-ku), transitive verb

carve out (a future); open up (a new field); pioneer

Metaphorical use: creating new opportunities or breaking new ground in life, career, or a field. 切り拓く is also common here.

• 彼かの女じょは自じ分ぶんの力ちからで新あたらしい人じん生せいを切きり開ひらいた。

  She carved out a new life for herself through her own efforts.

• この研けん究きゅうは医い学がくの新しん分ぶん野やを切きり開ひらくものだ。

  This research opens up a new field in medicine.