開発

Japanese

Kanji in this term
かい
Grade: 3
はつ
Grade: 3
on’yomi

Noun

開発 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 開發, hiragana かいはつ, rōmaji kaihatsu)

  1. development or exploitation of natural resources etc.
  2. development or creation of new technology, drugs, or products
  3. development or cultivation of talent or ability

See also

Verb

開発する (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 開發する, transitive, hiragana かいはつする, rōmaji kaihatsu suru)

  1. to develop or exploit resources
    • 1922, 三上義夫, 文化史上より見たる日本の数学:
       (こう) (ざん)開発 (かいはつ)する
      Kōzan o kaihatsu suru.
      We will open up mines.
  2. to develop or create new products or fields
    • 1929, 三上義夫, 芸術と数学及び科学:
      ギリシアでも (たん)科学 (かがく)数学 (すうがく)のみが開発 (かいはつ)されたのではない。
      Girishia demo tan ni kagaku ya sūgaku nomi ga kaihatsu sareta no de wa nai.
      The Greeks did not only create science and mathematics.
  3. to cultivate talent or ability
    (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought):

Conjugation

References

  • 2002, Yasuo Kitahara, 明鏡国語辞典 (Meikyō Kokugo Jiten), First Edition (in Japanese), Tokyo: Taishūkan Shoten, →ISBN
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