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    3. 井戸掘り

    井戸掘り

    井い戸ど掘ほり​

    well digging

    KMT9News #27+1NounWork & CareerKanji Vocab21 strokes

    いどほり

    Noun

    1.
    well digging, well digger

    Stroke 0 / 21

    Speed1.0x

    昔むかしは井い戸ど掘ほりが重じゅう要ような仕し事ごとでした。

    In the past, well digging was an important job.

    KMT7Work & CareerHistory
    村むら人びとたちは協きょう力りょくして井い戸ど掘ほりを行おこなった。

    The villagers cooperated to dig a well.

    KMT9Work & CareerDaily Life
    井い戸ど掘ほりの技ぎ術じゅつは、地ち域いきによって異ことなる伝とう統でんがある。

    Well-digging techniques have different traditions depending on the region.

    KMT9Work & CareerCulture & Traditions
    干かんばつに苦くるしむ地ち域いきでは、井い戸ど掘ほりが命いのち綱づなとなる。

    In regions suffering from drought, well digging becomes a lifeline.

    KMT9Work & CareerNature & Environment
    現げん代だいの井い戸ど掘ほりでは、地ち質しつ調ちょう査さや最さい新しんの掘くっ削さく機き械かいが用もちいられる。

    In modern well digging, geological surveys and the latest excavation machinery are used.

    KMT10Work & CareerTechnology

    Characters that make up this word

    井
    い…(5)
    well・well crib・town・community
    Kanji
    戸
    と…(3)
    door・counter for houses・door radical (no. 63)
    Kanji
    掘
    ほ.る…(2)
    dig・delve・excavate
    Kanji
    り
    ri
    Kana
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