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    3. 壕

    壕

    壕ごう

    moat

    KMT9News #23+1NounMilitaryKanji Vocab17 strokes

    濠

    ごう

    Noun

    1.
    moat, fosse, trench, ditch
    2.
    underground air-raid shelter, dugout

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    兵へい士したちは壕ごうを掘ほって身みを隠かくした。

    The soldiers dug a trench and hid themselves.

    KMT7Military
    その城しろは深ふかい壕ごうに囲かこまれていて、攻せめにくい構つく造りだった。

    That castle was surrounded by a deep moat, making it difficult to attack.

    KMT9MilitaryHistory
    戦せん争そう中ちゅう、住じゅう民みんは空くう襲しゅうから逃のがれるため、地ち下か壕ごうを建けん設せつした。

    During the war, residents built underground shelters to escape air raids.

    KMT9MilitaryHistory
    敵てきの攻こう撃げきから防ぼう御ぎょするため、前ぜん線せんに多 くの壕ごうが築きずかれた。

    Many trenches were built on the front line to defend against enemy attacks.

    KMT9Military
    沖おき縄なわには、第だい二に次じ世せ界かい大たい戦せん中ちゅうに使つかわれた多おおくの防ぼう空くう壕ごうが今いまも残のこっている。

    In Okinawa, many air-raid shelters used during World War II still remain today.

    KMT9HistoryMilitary

    Kanji that make up this word

    壕
    ほり…(2)
    trench・dugout・air raid shelter
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