JLPT N1 · Noun

未開 (mikai)

未開 (みかい, mikai) is a Japanese noun meaning “uncivilized; uncivilised”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: みかい
Romaji: mikai
Word class: Noun
Level: JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

uncivilized; uncivilised; primitive; savage · noun taking の, noun
undeveloped (land); unexplored (territory, field, etc.) · noun taking の, noun
unbloomed (flower) · noun taking の, noun

Example sentences

その当時、そこには未開民族が住んでいた。

A savage tribe lived there in those days.

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Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 未開

未

un-, not yet, hithertoミ・ビ・いま.だ・ま.だ · 5 strokes

開

open, unfold, unsealカイ・ひら.く・ひら.き · 12 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 未開.

未来みらい(distant) future未みnot yet未満みまんless than未だいまだstill未婚みこんunmarried未熟みじゅくunripe未知みちnot yet known未定みていnot yet fixed未練みれんlingering attachment開くあくto open (e.g. doors)開けるあけるto open (a door, etc.)開くひらくto open開始かいしstart開会かいかいopening of a meeting

Source: JMdict entry 1527190 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.