切り開く
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 切 | 開 |
| き Grade: 2 | ひら Grade: 3 |
| kun’yomi | |
Pronunciation
- Kun’yomi
- IPA(key): [kʲiɾʲiçiɾa̠kɯ̟ᵝ]
Verb
切り開く (transitive, godan conjugation, hiragana きりひらく, rōmaji kirihiraku)
- cut open
- clear land, develop
- open up a new field, carve out a career
Conjugation
Conjugation of "切り開く" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Stem forms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Imperfective (未然形) | 切り開か | きりひらか | kirihiraka |
| Continuative (連用形) | 切り開き | きりひらき | kirihiraki |
| Terminal (終止形) | 切り開く | きりひらく | kirihiraku |
| Attributive (連体形) | 切り開く | きりひらく | kirihiraku |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | 切り開け | きりひらけ | kirihirake |
| Imperative (命令形) | 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 |