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    3. 掘

    掘

    掘ほ.る

    dig

    N2KMT8Freq #1257Core ConceptsKanji11 strokes

    Kun'yomi

    ほ.る

    On'yomi

    クツ

    Nanori

    ぼり

    digdelveexcavate

    扌屈

    扌
    手
    尸
    山
    凵

    Stroke 0 / 11

    Speed1.0x

    握据拙堀揣崛揺搗据堀揺握捷拙排掀捫揣搗崛倔出祟

    Alternative forms of this concept

    扌

    Concepts using this kanji

    発掘

    excavation

    掘削

    digging out

    根掘り葉掘り

    inquisitively

    採掘

    mining

    井戸掘り

    well digging

    掘る

    to dig

    盗掘

    illegal digging

    試掘

    prospecting

    掘り出し物

    (lucky) find

    発掘現場

    dig site

    発掘調査

    excavation (usu. archeological)

    掘っ立て

    erection of a pillar by sinking it directly into the ground

    試掘者

    prospector

    掘っ立て小屋

    hut

    掘進

    tunnelling (through)

    掘り進む

    to burrow through

    採掘者

    miner

    掘り井戸

    a well

    採掘場

    mining site

    発掘隊

    excavation team

    試掘権

    prospecting rights

    生掘り

    bareback sex (esp. male gay)

    採掘権

    mining rights

    掘り抜き井戸

    artesian well

    トンネル掘削機

    tunnel boring machine

    掘削機

    excavator

    掘立柱

    pillar sunk into the ground

    掘り込む

    to dig into

    掘採

    mining

    掘立柱建物

    post in ground (construction)

    油田掘削施設

    oil rig

    掘り抜く

    to dig through

    掘足綱

    Scaphopoda (class of molluscs comprising the tooth shells)

    乱掘

    overmining (e.g. of coal)

    掘り崩す

    to undermine

    掻い掘り

    draining a pond, lake or ditch (esp. to remove fish, purify water, etc.)

    掘削船

    drillship

    露天掘り

    surface mining

    探掘

    exploratory excavation

    坑内掘り

    underground mining

    かまを掘る

    to perform anal sex (between men)

    掘りごたつ

    sunken kotatsu

    おかまを掘る

    to perform anal sex (between men)

    洗掘

    scouring (of a riverbed or seafloor)

    溝掘り機

    trench digging machine

    穴掘り

    excavation

    掘り尽くす

    to work out (a mine)

    渇に臨みて井を掘る

    to fail to make timely preparations

    試掘坑

    test pit

    墓掘り

    gravedigger

    掘り下げる

    to dig down

    墓穴を掘る

    to dig one's own grave

    蓮根掘る

    to dig up lotus roots

    露天掘り炭鉱

    open-pit coal mine

    坑内掘り炭鉱

    underground coal mine

    掘り当てる

    to strike (gold, oil, etc.)

    芋掘り坊主

    uneducated monk

    掘り起こす

    to dig up

    掘り出す

    to dig out

    芋掘り

    digging for sweet potatoes (esp. as an outing)

    穴掘梟

    burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia)

    掘り返す

    to dig up

    蟹は甲羅に似せて穴を掘る

    to each their own

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    Used in vocabulary

    • 凵
    • 尸
    • 山
    • 扌
    • 手

    is_used_in

    • 井戸掘り
    • 芋掘り
    • かまを掘る
    • 掘り下げる
    • 掘り起こす
    • 掘り出す
    • 掘り当てる
    • 掘り抜く
    • 掘る
    • 根掘り葉掘り
    • 採掘
    • 試掘
    • 発掘
    • 墓穴を掘る
    • 掘り返す
    • 掘り出し物
    • 掘削
    • 掘進
    • 露天掘り
    • 掘りごたつ
    • 試掘者
    • 試掘権
    • 採掘権
    • 盗掘
    • 掘り井戸
    • 掘り抜き井戸
    • 掘削機
    • 乱掘
    • 掻い掘り
    • 溝掘り機
    • 油田掘削施設
    • 墓掘り
    • 掘っ立て小屋
    • おかまを掘る
    • 掘採
    • 掘り進む
    • 掘っ立て
    • 掘立柱
    • 坑内掘り
    • 坑内掘り炭鉱
    • 露天掘り炭鉱
    • 蓮根掘る
    • 穴掘梟
    • 発掘現場
    • 発掘隊
    • 掘足綱
    • 掘り尽くす
    • 掘り崩す
    • 穴掘り
    • 蟹は甲羅に似せて穴を掘る
    • 掘り込む
    • 生掘り
    • 発掘調査
    • 採掘者
    • トンネル掘削機
    • 探掘
    • 芋掘り坊主
    • 渇に臨みて井を掘る
    • 掘削船
    • 試掘坑
    • 採掘場
    • 掘立柱建物
    • 洗掘

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