開拓者|かいたくしゃkaitakusha

1. nounpioneer; settler; colonist
   開拓者かいたくしゃ達たちは現地げんち人にんたちから毛皮けがわを物々交換ぶつぶつこうかんで手てに入いれた。↗

   The colonists bartered with the natives for fur.

• Synonym草分けくさわけNeutralThe first to open the way in a field, as in 「日本映画の草分け」; it stresses pioneer status, while 「開拓者」 stresses the act of opening up land.
• SynonymパイオニアNeutralLoanword for a pioneer, leaning toward new frontiers, as in 「宇宙開発のパイオニア」.
• Synonym先駆者せんくしゃWrittenWritten/formal prose; someone who does something ahead of others, stressing precedence in time.
• Related元祖がんそNeutralThe originator of something, often used to advertise products, as in 「元祖たこ焼き」.
• Related開祖かいそWrittenWritten/formal prose; the founding master of a sect or martial art, with a religious leaning.
• Related始祖しそWrittenWritten/formal prose; the first ancestor or originator of something, with a historical leaning.
• Related革新者かくしんしゃNeutralAn innovator who reforms and breaks with old ways; it does not necessarily mean opening up new land.
• Antonym保守派ほしゅはNeutralConservatives; the opposite of the pioneering 「開拓者」.
• Antonym守旧派しゅきゅうはWrittenWritten/formal prose; the old guard, opposed to 「開拓者」.

Use 「開拓者」 for someone who opens up wilderness or a new field, as in 「北海道の開拓者」 or 「新分野の開拓者」. For a pioneer in a field, 「草分け」 or 「パイオニア」; for the original of a product, 「元祖」; for the old guard, 「守旧派」.

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1. 山林さんりんや荒地あれちを切り開きりひらいて耕地こうちにする者もの。
2. 新あたらしい領域りょういきを切り開きりひらく者もの。