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掘 — Kanji · 11 strokes
dig · delve · excavate
- On
- クツ
- Kun
- ほ(る)
Jōyō · secondary school #1257 most frequent in newspapers
Words starting with 掘
掘削digging out · excavation掘るto dig · to excavate · to hollow掘り出し物(lucky) find · bargain · good buy掘り起こすto dig up · to unearth · to uncover掘り下げるto dig down · to dig into (a matter) · to delve into掘り当てるto strike (gold, oil, etc.) · to find (e.g. buried treasure) · to dig up掘り出すto dig out · to pick up掘り返すto dig up · to turn up · to tear up
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掘鼠pocket gopher掘進tunnelling (through) · excavation · drilling掘採mining掘割Horikatsu掘割Horiwari掘り抜くto dig through · to drill into · to excavate掘りごたつsunken kotatsu · low table over a hole in the floor (may have a heat source underneath and a hanging quilt to retain warmth)掘り井戸a well掘削機excavator掘っ立てerection of a pillar by sinking it directly into the ground掘立柱pillar sunk into the ground掘足綱Scaphopoda (class of molluscs comprising the tooth shells)掘り込むto dig into掘削船drillship掘越橋Horikoshibashi
Words containing 掘
発掘excavation · exhumation · digging up採掘mining · digging · working (a mine)井戸掘りwell digging · well digger盗掘illegal digging · illegal mining · grave robbing試掘prospecting · trial digging根掘り葉掘りinquisitively · pryingly · nosily芋掘りdigging for sweet potatoes (esp. as an outing) · country bumpkin · yokelかまを掘るto perform anal sex (between men) · to bugger · to sodomize
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墓穴を掘るto dig one's own grave · to bring calamity upon oneself · to make a rod for one's own back堀割canal · waterway · ditch露天掘りsurface mining · open-cut mining · open-pit mining試掘者prospector試掘権prospecting rights · mining claim採掘権mining rights乱掘overmining (e.g. of coal) · reckless mining掻い掘りdraining a pond, lake or ditch (esp. to remove fish, purify water, etc.) · cleaning a well溝掘り機trench digging machine · trencher油田掘削施設oil rig墓掘りgravediggerおかまを掘るto perform anal sex (between men) · to bugger · to sodomize坑内掘りunderground mining坑内掘り炭鉱underground coal mine露天掘り炭鉱open-pit coal mine · open-cut coal mine蓮根掘るto dig up lotus roots穴掘梟burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia)発掘現場dig site · excavation site発掘隊excavation team · dig team穴掘りexcavation · digging蟹は甲羅に似せて穴を掘るto each their own · different strokes for different folks · cut your coat to suit your cloth生掘りbareback sex (esp. male gay) · unprotected sex発掘調査excavation (usu. archeological) · dig採掘者minerトンネル掘削機tunnel boring machine · TBM探掘exploratory excavation · prospecting芋掘り坊主uneducated monk · ignorant monk · potato-digging monk深堀りdigging deeply (below the surface) · mining deep · probing deeply (issue, problem)
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