未み開かい

noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', noun

uncivilized; primitive; savage

Used of societies, cultures, or people judged as lacking so-called civilization; when applied to people or cultures, it often sounds dated, condescending, or discriminatory.

• 植しょく民みん地ち時じ代だいの記き録ろくは、現げん地ちの人ひと々びとを未み開かいだと描えがいている。

  Colonial-era records portray the local people as uncivilized.

• 「未み開かいの社しゃ会かい」という表ひょう現げんは、相あい手てを見み下くだす響ひびきが強つよい。

  The expression “uncivilized society” has a strongly condescending tone.

noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', noun

undeveloped; unexplored; uncharted

Used for land, territory, or a field of inquiry that has not yet been developed, explored, or fully opened up.

• 探たん検けん隊たいは未み開かいの地ちに足あしを踏ふみ入いれた。

  The expedition set foot in unexplored territory.

• この研けん究きゅうにはまだ未み開かいの領りょう域いきが多おおい。

  This research still has many unexplored areas.

noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', noun

unbloomed; not yet open

Rare literal use for a flower that has not yet opened; in ordinary modern wording, つぼみ or 未開花 may be clearer.

• 植しょく物ぶつ図ず鑑かんでは、「未み開かいの花はな」はまだ咲さいていない花はなを指さす。

  In a botanical guide, “unopened flower” refers to a flower that has not yet bloomed.