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Words — 13 found

Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb
1. excavation; exhumation; digging up; unearthing
  • あたら新しい
  • いせき遺跡
  • はっくつ発掘
  • いくつ
  • だった
  • のです
How many new sites were uncovered?
Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb
2. discovery (of a new fact, talent, etc.); finding; unearthing
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Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb
1. prospecting; trial digging
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Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb
1. mining; digging; working (a mine)
Jreibun
  • しまねけん島根県
  • にある
  • いわみぎんざん石見銀山
  • こうざん鉱山
  • いせき遺跡
  • として有名なところだ。今でも
  • ぎんこうせき銀鉱石
  • さいくつ採掘
  • で使われた
  • こうどう坑道
  • ちか地下
  • に残っている。
The Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine in Shimane Prefecture is famous as a mining ruin. The tunnels previously used for mining silver ore still exist underground.
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Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb
1. illegal digging; illegal mining; grave robbing; tomb robbing
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Noun
1. surface mining; open-cut mining; open-pit miningSee also 坑内掘り
Wikipedia definition
2. Open-pit miningOpen-pit mining or Opencast mining refers to a method of ... Read more
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露天掘 【ろてんぼり】
Notes
露天掘: Irregular okurigana usage.
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Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb
1. overmining (e.g. of coal); reckless mining
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濫掘 【らんくつ】
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Noun, Suru verb
1. exploratory excavation; prospecting
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Noun, Suru verb
1. excavation; digging
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穴掘 【あなほり】穴ほり 【あなほり】
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Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb
1. draining a pond, lake or ditch (esp. to remove fish, purify water, etc.)Usually written using kana alone
Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb
2. cleaning a wellUsually written using kana alone
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かい掘り 【かいぼり】搔い掘り 【かいぼり】掻掘 【かいぼり】
Notes
搔い掘り: Rarely-used kanji form. 掻掘: Irregular okurigana usage.
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Noun
1. digging for sweet potatoes (esp. as an outing)
Noun
2. country bumpkin; yokelDerogatory
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芋ほり 【いもほり】いも掘り 【いもほり】
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Noun, Suru verb
1. digging deeply (below the surface); mining deep
Noun, Suru verb
2. probing deeply (issue, problem); investigating thoroughly
Noun, Suru verb
3. deepening relations
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深掘り 【ふかぼり】深堀 【ふかぼり】深掘 【ふかぼり】
Notes
深堀: Irregular okurigana usage. 深掘: Irregular okurigana usage.
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石油採掘
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1. Oil exploration in PuntlandSeveral key players are involved in oil exploration in th... Read more
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発掘
Wikipedia definition
1. Exhumation of Yagan's headThe exhumation of Yagan's head was the result of a geophy... Read more
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Kanji — 1 found

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11 strokes. JLPT N2. Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high.
dig, delve, excavate
Kun: ほ.る
On: クツ
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Names — 27 found

ほり 【掘】
Family or surname
1. Hori
ぼり 【掘】
Unclassified name
1. Bori
ししぼり 【獅々掘】
Family or surname
1. Shishibori
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