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Words — 64 found

Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Transitive verb
1. to dig; to excavate; to hollow
Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Transitive verb
2. to delve into
Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Transitive verb
3. to dig up (e.g. vegetables)
  • ジャガイモ
  • 掘った
  • ことがあります
Have you dug up potatoes?
Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Transitive verb
4. (for two men) to have anal sexSlang, Vulgar expression or word
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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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もの
Noun
1. (lucky) find; bargain; good buy; treasure trove
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掘出し物 【ほりだしもの】堀り出し物 【ほりだしもの】
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Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verb
1. to dig out; to pick up
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掘出す 【ほりだす】
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Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verb
1. to dig up; to turn up; to tear up
  • はる
  • になる
  • はたけ
  • ほりかえして
  • 種をまきます
When spring comes, they dig up the fields and plant seeds.
Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verb
2. to rake up (e.g. old scandal); to dig over
  • いくどとなく
  • おの
  • 埋めて
  • きまって
  • また
  • ほりかえす
  • えいえん永遠の
  • へいわ平和
  • やってくる
  • けはい気配
  • ない
After countless burials of the hatchet, we always dig it up again. There doesn't seem to be any sign of an ever-lasting peace.
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掘返す 【ほりかえす】堀り返す 【ほりかえす】
Notes
堀り返す: Irregular kanji usage.
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Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verb
1. to dig up; to unearth; to uncover
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掘り起す 【ほりおこす】掘起す 【ほりおこす】
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Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb
1. prospecting; trial digging
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小屋
Noun
1. hut; shanty; hovel; shackSee also 小屋
Noun
2. house built directly into the ground with no supporting stones
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3. ShackA shack is a type of small house, usually in a state of d... Read more
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掘っ建て小屋 【ほったてごや】掘建て小屋 【ほったてごや】掘立小屋 【ほったてごや】
Notes
掘立小屋: Irregular okurigana usage.
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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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Godan verb with 'ku' ending, Transitive verb
1. to dig through; to drill into; to excavate
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掘抜く 【ほりぬく】堀り抜く 【ほりぬく】
Notes
堀り抜く: Irregular kanji usage.
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Noun
1. mining site; quarry; diggings; stope
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採掘場 【さいくつば】
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Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb
1. digging out; excavation
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掘鑿 【くっさく】
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根掘葉掘
Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Adverb (fukushi)
1. inquisitively; pryingly; nosily; thoroughly; persistently; through-and-through
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根ほり葉ほり 【ねほりはほり】根堀り葉堀り 【ねほりはほり】
Notes
根堀り葉堀り: Irregular kanji usage.
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Ichidan verb, Transitive verb
1. to dig down
Ichidan verb, Transitive verb
2. to dig into (a matter); to delve into; to probe into; to investigate; to get to the bottom of
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掘りさげる 【ほりさげる】掘下げる 【ほりさげる】
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    レポートを書くときは、複数のテーマについて概要を書くのではなく、
  • ひと1つ
  • のテーマについて深く
  • ほりさ掘り下げて
  • 書いたほうがいい。
When writing a paper, it’s better to go in depth on one topic instead of writing an overview of multiple topics.
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Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb
1. illegal digging; illegal mining; grave robbing; tomb robbing
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Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Godan verb with 'ru' ending
1. to perform anal sex (between men); to bugger; to sodomize; to sodomiseVulgar expression or word
Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Godan verb with 'ru' ending
2. to crash a car into the back of another; to rear-endColloquial, usu. in the passive
  • きのう
  • こうさてん交差点
  • お釜を掘られ
  • ちゃった
Someone ploughed into me from behind at an intersection yesterday.
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オカマを掘る 【おかまをほる】お釜を掘る 【おかまをほる】
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Noun
1. Scaphopoda (class of molluscs comprising the tooth shells)
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2. Tusk shellThe tusk shells or scaphopods are a class of shelled mari... Read more
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Noun
1. burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia)Usually written using kana alone
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2. Burrowing OwlThe Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia) is a tiny but long... Read more
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穴堀梟 【あなほりふくろう】アナホリフクロウ
Notes
穴掘梟: Rarely-used kanji form. 穴堀梟: Rarely-used kanji form.
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Noun
1. surface mining; open-cut mining; open-pit miningSee also 坑内掘り
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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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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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