No. 2,804 in Japanese
開通
"Opening" or "completion of a route or service (e.g., road, railway)."
In a sentence
新しい道路の開通を祝う式典が行われました。
A ceremony was held to celebrate the opening of the new road.
開通 is used here to refer to the opening or operational commencement of the new road.
このトンネルは来月ついに開通の予定です。
This tunnel is finally scheduled to open next month.
開通 in this sentence implies that the tunnel will become operational next month.
通信会社による新しいネット回線の開通が進んでいます。
The installation of a new internet line by the telecommunications company is progressing.
開通 refers here to the act of making the internet line available for use.
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