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    3. 埋める

    埋める

    埋うめ​る​

    to bury (e.g. in the ground)

    N2KMT6News #9+1CoreVerb, TransitiveDaily LifeKanji Vocab13 strokes

    うめる

    Verb, Transitive

    1.
    to bury (e.g. in the ground)
    2.
    to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall), to cause to be packed
    3.
    to plug (a gap), to stop (a gap), to bridge (a difference, a gap), to fill (a seat, a vacant position), to fill out (a form, a sheet)
    4.
    to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.), to make amends, to compensate for
    5.
    to put cold water (in a bath)
    6.
    to cover, to scatter something over

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    穴あなを埋うめる。

    Fill a hole.

    KMT3Daily Life
    彼かれは庭にわに宝たから物ものを埋うめた。

    He buried treasure in the garden.

    KMT6Daily Life
    申もうし込こみ書しょに必ひつ要よう事じ項こうを埋うめてください。

    Please fill in the necessary information on the application form.

    KMT6Daily LifeWork & Career
    チームの遅おくれを埋うめるために、皆みんなで協きょう力りょくした。

    Everyone cooperated to make up for the team's delay.

    KMT6Daily LifeWork & Career
    彼かれは失うしなわれた時じ間かんを取とり戻もどすかのように、仕し事ごとに没ぼっ頭とうして空くう白はくを埋うめた。

    He immersed himself in work to fill the void, as if to make up for lost time.

    KMT8Emotions & PsychologyWork & Career

    Characters that make up this word

    埋
    う.める・う.まる・う.もれる・うず.める・うず.まる・い.ける…(1)
    bury・be filled up・embedded
    Kanji
    め
    me
    Kana
    る
    ru
    Kana
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