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切り開く切り拓く切りひらくきり拓く [sK] 切開く [sK] 切り墾く [sK]
きりひらく
1. [v5k,vt]
▶ to cut open
2. [v5k,vt]
▶ to clear (land)
▶ to cut (a path, road, etc.)
▶ to open
▶ to cut one's way through (e.g. a jungle)
3. [v5k,vt]
▶ to carve out (a new career, future, etc.)
▶ to open up (a new field)

Conjugations


History:
9. A 2023-09-10 20:59:48  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
8. A* 2023-09-10 14:56:42  Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
〈切(り)/きり〉〈開/拓/墾/ひら〉く

Google N-gram Corpus Counts
╭─ーーーーー─┬─────────┬───────╮
│ 切り開く  │ 262,002 │ 56.8% │
│ 切り拓く  │ 103,172 │ 22.4% │
│ 切りひらく │  89,320 │ 19.4% │ - add
│ きり拓く  │   1,747 │  0.4% │ - add, sK
│ 切開く   │     725 │  0.2% │
│ 切拓く   │     403 │  0.1% │
│ きり開く  │     380 │  0.1% │
│ 切り墾く  │       0 │  0.0% │ - sK
│ きりひらく │   3,697 │  0.8% │
╰─ーーーーー─┴─────────┴───────╯
  Diff:
@@ -10,0 +11,7 @@
+<keb>切りひらく</keb>
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>きり拓く</keb>
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
@@ -16 +23 @@
-<ke_inf>&rK;</ke_inf>
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
7. A* 2023-09-10 14:33:16  Brian Krznarich <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
切り開く	262002	71.6%
切り拓く	103172	28.2%
切開く	725	0.2%
切り墾く	0	0.0%

墾く	49	0.0%
  Comments:
墾く itself is rare. It seems clear that り should not be omitted if you are writing this today, so I prefer [sK].  It is not optional in sankoku.
  Diff:
@@ -11,0 +12 @@
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
@@ -14,0 +16 @@
+<ke_inf>&rK;</ke_inf>
6. A 2021-05-11 23:35:44  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
5. A* 2021-05-11 21:44:58  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
gg5, prog, daij
  Comments:
I think the order of the first two senses should be swapped.
  Diff:
@@ -22,2 +22 @@
-<gloss>to clear (land)</gloss>
-<gloss>to open up</gloss>
+<gloss>to cut open</gloss>
@@ -28,2 +27,4 @@
-<gloss>to cut open (e.g. envelope)</gloss>
-<gloss>to cut through</gloss>
+<gloss>to clear (land)</gloss>
+<gloss>to cut (a path, road, etc.)</gloss>
+<gloss>to open</gloss>
+<gloss>to cut one's way through (e.g. a jungle)</gloss>
@@ -34 +35,2 @@
-<gloss>to carve out (e.g. new career)</gloss>
+<gloss>to carve out (a new career, future, etc.)</gloss>
+<gloss>to open up (a new field)</gloss>
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