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    3. 堀

    堀

    堀ほり

    moat

    N2KMT6News #7+1CoreNounHistoryKanji Vocab11 strokes

    濠壕

    ほり

    Noun

    1.
    moat, fosse
    2.
    canal, ditch

    Stroke 0 / 11

    Speed1.0x

    城しろの周まわりには深ふかい堀ほりがある。

    There is a deep moat around the castle.

    KMT5History
    堀ほりには鯉こいが泳 いでいる。

    Carp are swimming in the moat.

    KMT5HistoryAnimals
    その堀ほりは江え戸ど時じ代だいに作つくられた。

    That moat was built during the Edo period.

    KMT6History
    京きょう都とには、かつて多おおくの堀ほりが巡めぐらされていた。

    In Kyoto, many moats once surrounded the city.

    KMT6HistoryCulture & Traditions
    都と市し開かい発はつに伴ともない、古ふるい堀ほりが埋うめ立たてられることになった。

    With urban development, the old moats were to be filled in.

    KMT7HistoryPolitics & Law

    Kanji that make up this word

    堀
    ほり…(2)
    ditch・moat・canal
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