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    3. 掘り当てる

    掘り当てる

    掘ほり​当あて​る​

    to strike (gold, oil, etc.)

    KMT10News #46+1Verb, TransitiveNature & EnvironmentKanji Vocab21 strokes

    掘りあてる掘当てる

    ほりあてる

    Verb, Transitive

    1.
    to strike (gold, oil, etc.), to find (e.g. buried treasure), to dig up

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    彼かれは金きん鉱こうを掘ほり当あてた。

    He struck a gold mine.

    KMT6Nature & Environment
    探たん検けん家かたちは、ついに古こ代だい遺い跡せきの財ざい宝ほうを掘ほり当あてた。

    The explorers finally dug up the treasure of the ancient ruins.

    KMT9HistoryNature & Environment
    彼かれは長なが年ねんの研けん究きゅうの末すえ、画かっ期き的てきな新しん理り論ろんを掘ほり当あてた。

    After many years of research, he unearthed a groundbreaking new theory.

    KMT10Science & MathCore Concepts
    新あたらしい油ゆ田でんを掘ほり当あてることは、国くにの経けい済ざいに大おおきな影えい響きょうを与あたえる。

    Striking a new oil field has a great impact on the nation's economy.

    KMT10Nature & EnvironmentBusiness & Finance
    地ち中ちゅうから貴き重ちょうな化か石せきを掘ほり当あてたことで、歴れき史しが塗ぬり替かえられた。

    By digging up valuable fossils from underground, history was rewritten.

    KMT10Nature & EnvironmentHistoryScience & Math

    Characters that make up this word

    掘
    ほ.る…(2)
    dig・delve・excavate
    Kanji
    当
    あ.たる・あ.たり・あ.てる・あ.て・まさ.に・まさ.にべし…(2)
    hit・right・appropriate・himself
    Kanji
    り
    ri
    Kana
    て
    te
    Kana
    る
    ru
    Kana
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