開かい拓たく

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開拓する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

Literal sense: clearing and developing wild land, wasteland, or forests for farming or settlement.

pioneering; opening up; breaking new ground

Figurative sense: exploring new fields, markets, or frontiers; doing something no one has done before.

〈場ば所しょ〉を開かい拓たくするto clear and cultivate a piece of land
祖そ父ふは北ほっ海かい道どうの荒あれ地ちを開かい拓たくした。
My grandfather cleared and cultivated wasteland in Hokkaido.
市し場じょうを開かい拓たくするto develop a new market
この会かい社しゃは海かい外がい市し場じょうを開かい拓たくしようとしている。
This company is trying to develop overseas markets.
道みちを開かい拓たくするto blaze a new trail or path (figurative)
彼かの女じょは女じょ性せい研けん究きゅう者しゃとしての道みちを開かい拓たくした。
She blazed a new path as a female researcher.
〈事こと〉の分ぶん野やを開かい拓たくするto pioneer a new field or area of study
彼かれは人じん工こう知ち能のうの新あたらしい分ぶん野やを開かい拓たくした。
He pioneered a new field in artificial intelligence.

開かい墾こん sense 1
開墾 refers narrowly to clearing wild land for farming, while 開拓 covers that plus broader settlement, infrastructure, and figurative pioneering.
開かい発はつN2sense 2
開発 is the general word for developing anything (technology, products, land), while 開拓 specifically implies breaking into unclaimed or untouched territory first.
先せん駆く sense 2
先駆 names the person or thing that goes first as a forerunner, while 開拓 names the ongoing act of pioneering or developing something new.
植しょく民みん
開拓 focuses on developing or reclaiming previously unused land, whereas 植民 emphasizes settling people there under a governing power.
拓たく殖しょく
開拓 broadly means pioneering or reclaiming land for cultivation, whereas 拓殖 specifically implies colonization by an outside power.

干かん拓たく
開拓 and 干拓 share the kanji 拓 and a similar sound, but 開拓 means opening up wild or undeveloped land for cultivation, while 干拓 specifically means draining the sea or coastal waters to make new land.

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開 (open, clear) + 拓 (clear land, open up). The combination naturally expresses opening up and developing new land or fields.