Words — 33 found
たんこう
炭鉱
1. coal mine; (coal) pit; colliery
2. coal-mine shaftOnly applies to 炭坑
炭坑 【たんこう】、炭礦 【たんこう】
1. within a pit or (mine) shaft
ふんしょこうじゅ
焚書坑儒
1. burning books on the Chinese classics and burying Confucian scholars alive (Qin dynasty thought suppression campaign)Yojijukugo (four character compound), Historical term
2. Burning of books and burying of scholarsBurning of the books and burying of the scholars is a phr... Read more
1. winze (mining); well (oil, gas)
1. burying Confucian scholars alive
たてこう
立坑
1. shaft (e.g. in a mine); pit
竪坑 【たてこう】、縦坑 【たてこう】、立て坑 【たてこう】、たて坑 【たてこう】、立抗 【たてこう】
立抗: Irregular kanji usage.
1. inclined shaft
1. shaft; mine; pit
1. opening of mine