開闢

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See also: 开辟 and 開辟

Chinese

open; operate (vehicle); start dispel; open up; refute
trad. (開闢/開辟) 開 闢/辟
simp. (开辟) 开 辟

Pronunciation

Verb

開闢 (transitive)

  1. to open up; to blaze (a trail); to get through
    開闢新的道路／开辟新的道路  ―  kāipì xīn de dàolù  ―  to blaze new trails
  2. to establish; to set up; to found; to start
  3. to create (the world)

Synonyms

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
開 闢
かい
Grade: 3 		びゃく
Hyōgai
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

開(かい)闢(びゃく) • (kaibyaku) 

  1. beginnings, creation, founding (of an empire)

Verb

開(かい)闢(びゃく)する • (kaibyaku suru) suru (stem 開(かい)闢(びゃく)し (kaibyaku shi), past 開(かい)闢(びゃく)した (kaibyaku shita))

  1. to create (the world), to found

Conjugation

Conjugation of "開闢する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 開闢し かいびゃくし kaibyaku shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 開闢し かいびゃくし kaibyaku shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 開闢する かいびゃくする kaibyaku suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 開闢する かいびゃくする kaibyaku suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 開闢すれ かいびゃくすれ kaibyaku sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 開闢せよ¹
開闢しろ² 		かいびゃくせよ¹
かいびゃくしろ² 		kaibyaku seyo¹
kaibyaku shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 開闢される かいびゃくされる kaibyaku sareru
Causative 開闢させる
開闢さす 		かいびゃくさせる
かいびゃくさす 		kaibyaku saseru
kaibyaku sasu
Potential 開闢できる かいびゃくできる kaibyaku dekiru
Volitional 開闢しよう かいびゃくしよう kaibyaku shiyō
Negative 開闢しない かいびゃくしない kaibyaku shinai
Negative continuative 開闢せず かいびゃくせず kaibyaku sezu
Formal 開闢します かいびゃくします kaibyaku shimasu
Perfective 開闢した かいびゃくした kaibyaku shita
Conjunctive 開闢して かいびゃくして kaibyaku shite
Hypothetical conditional 開闢すれば かいびゃくすれば kaibyaku sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
開闢

Noun

開闢 • (gaebyeok) (hangeul 개벽)

  1. hanja form? of 개벽 (“creation”)
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