切り開く

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
切 開
き
Grade: 2 		ひら
Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

Verb

切(き)り開(ひら)く • (kirihiraku) transitive godan (stem 切(き)り開(ひら)き (kirihiraki), past 切(き)り開(ひら)いた (kirihiraita))

  1. cut open
  2. clear land, develop
  3. open up a new field, carve out a career

Conjugation

Conjugation of "切り開く" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 切り開か きりひらか kirihiraka
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 切り開き きりひらき kirihiraki
Shūshikei ("terminal") 切り開く きりひらく kirihiraku
Rentaikei ("attributive") 切り開く きりひらく kirihiraku
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 切り開け きりひらけ kirihirake
Meireikei ("imperative") 切り開け きりひらけ kirihirake
Key constructions
Passive 切り開かれる きりひらかれる kirihirakareru
Causative 切り開かせる
切り開かす 		きりひらかせる
きりひらかす 		kirihirakaseru
kirihirakasu
Potential 切り開ける きりひらける kirihirakeru
Volitional 切り開こう きりひらこう kirihirakō
Negative 切り開かない きりひらかない kirihirakanai
Negative continuative 切り開かず きりひらかず kirihirakazu
Formal 切り開きます きりひらきます kirihirakimasu
Perfective 切り開いた きりひらいた kirihiraita
Conjunctive 切り開いて きりひらいて kirihiraite
Hypothetical conditional 切り開けば きりひらけば kirihirakeba
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