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あの
きょうじゅ
教授
はあの
くに
国
の
こうこがく
考古学
の
みち
道
を
ひら
拓
いた。
That professor made it possible to do archaeology in this country.
Conjugations and inflections
  道を拓いた is the past form of 'ku' godan verb 道を拓く   ALL INFLECTIONS
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Words
あ の 1
that (someone or something distant from both speaker and listener, or situation unfamiliar to both speaker and listener)  (see also: 何の・どの, 此の, 其の, 彼・あれ; often written with kana only)
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き ょ う じ ゅ 0
1. professor
2. teaching; instruction
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く に 0
noun
1. country; state
2. region
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こ う こ が く 3
archaeology; archeology
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Most common form: 道を開く
expression, 'ku' godan verb
1. to open up a path; to clear a path
2. to open up doors; to pave the way
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Kanji
教
キョウ   おしえる to teach   おそわる to be taught   
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孝
コウ    filial piety   
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耂
old
子
シ   ス   こ child   
攵
ぼく strike   
授
ジュ   さずける to teach, to grant   さずかる be granted, to be taught   
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扌
hand
受
ジュ   うける to receive, to accept   うかる to pass (an exam)　   
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又
また again   
冖
cover; covered   
⺤
つめ claw; fingernail   
国
コク   くに country   
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玉
ギョク   たま jewel   
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王
オウ    king   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
土
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
丶
dot   
囗
box, enclosure   
考
コウ   かんがえる to think about, consider   
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丂
reach
古
コ   ふるい old   -ふるす to grow old   
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十
ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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丨
stick   
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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学
ガク   まなぶ to learn   
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龸
classroom
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⺌
small
道
ドウ   トウ   みち road   
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首
シュ   くび neck; head   
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自
ジ   シ   みずから self   
䒑
grass   
⻌
move
拓
タク    clear the way   
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石
セキ   シャク   コク   いし stone   
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丆
whereupon one
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
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