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    3. 横穴

    横穴

    横よこ穴あな

    cave

    KMT10News #32+1NounHistoryKanji Vocab20 strokes

    よこあなおうけつ

    Noun

    1.
    cave, tunnel
    2.
    tunnel tomb (Kofun period)

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    山やまに横よこ穴あながたくさんあります。

    There are many caves in the mountain.

    KMT5Nature & Environment
    探たん検けん家かたちは、未み踏とうの横よこ穴あなの奥おく深ふかくへと進すすんでいった。

    The explorers ventured deep into the unexplored cave.

    KMT9Nature & EnvironmentTravel & Transportation
    古こ代だいの人ひと々びとは、横よこ穴あなを住じゅう居きょとして利り用ようしていました。

    Ancient people used caves as dwellings.

    KMT10HistoryNature & Environment
    この横よこ穴あなは、古こ墳ふん時じ代だいの集しゅう団だん墓ぼ地ちとして発はっ掘くつされました。

    This tunnel tomb was excavated as a collective burial site from the Kofun period.

    KMT10HistoryScience & Math
    横よこ穴あな式しき石せき室しつは、古こ墳ふんの埋まい葬そう施し設せつの一いっ種しゅです。

    A horizontal-entry stone chamber is a type of burial facility in kofun.

    KMT10History

    Kanji that make up this word

    横
    よこ…(1)
    sideways・side・horizontal・width・woof…(2)
    穴
    あな…(4)
    hole・aperture・slit・cave・den
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