拓殖 たくしょく colonization #22,520 Meanings also 拓植 noun, takes する, intransitive colonization; colonisation; development; settlement; exploitation Its kanji 拓 タク · ひら.く clear (the land), open, break up (land) 殖 ショク · ふ.える、ふ.やす augment, increase, multiply, raise