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    3. 埋め立てる

    埋め立てる

    埋うめ​立たて​る​

    to reclaim

    KMT9News #33+1Verb, TransitiveNature & EnvironmentKanji Vocab19 strokes

    うめたてる

    Verb, Transitive

    1.
    to reclaim, to fill up

    Stroke 0 / 19

    Speed1.0x

    海うみを埋うめ立たてる計けい画かくがある。

    There is a plan to reclaim land from the sea.

    KMT4Nature & Environment
    ゴミで谷たにを埋うめ立たてることは環かん境きょう問もん題だいを引ひき起おこす。

    Filling up valleys with garbage causes environmental problems.

    KMT9Nature & Environment
    湿しっ地ちを埋うめ立たてる開か発いは、生つは態せ系いたに深いけいし刻んこんな影いきょ響うを与あたえる可か能のう性せいがある。

    Development that reclaims wetlands can have a serious impact on the ecosystem.

    KMT9Nature & Environment
    昔むかし、この地ち域いきは沼ぬま地ちだったが、人ひと々びとが土ど砂しゃで埋うめ立たてて農のう地ちにした。

    In the past, this area was a swamp, but people reclaimed it with earth and sand to make farmland.

    KMT9Nature & EnvironmentHistory
    新あたらしい空くう港こうを建けん設せつするため、広こう大だいな海か域いきが埋うめ立たてられることになった。

    A vast area of the sea was decided to be reclaimed to construct a new airport.

    KMT10Nature & EnvironmentTravel & Transportation

    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
    立
    た.つ・-た.つ・た.ち-・た.てる・-た.てる・た.て-…(12)
    stand up・rise・set up・erect
    Kanji
    め
    me
    Kana
    て
    te
    Kana
    る
    ru
    Kana
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