Japanese Dictionary

Meaning of 開墾(かいこん) in Japanese

開墾
Kana Reading
かいこん
Romaji
kaikon
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    noun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru
    Meaning
    cultivating new land
    Example sentence
    新た入植者がその広大な広野開墾した The newcomers cultivated the immense wilderness.

Examples of 開墾, かいこん in a sentence



Kanji in this word

JLPT 4

12 strokes

open, unfold, unseal

On'Yomi: カイ

Kun'Yomi: ひら.く, ひら.き, -びら.き, ひら.ける, あ.く, あ.ける

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JLPT 1

16 strokes

ground-breaking, open up farmland

On'Yomi: コン

Kun'Yomi:

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