開拓使
Meanings
Noun
1. early-Meiji administrative unit for Hokkaido (1869-1882)
Kanji used
Pitch accent
かいたくし
Composed of
開拓
reclamation (e.g. of wasteland); cultivation; development; pioneering; opening up (e.g. of a new market); breaking new ground; trailblazing
Noun
使
messenger; police and judicial chief (Heian and Kamakura periods); klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
Noun