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    3. 掘り出す

    掘り出す

    掘ほり​出だす​

    to dig out

    KMT10News #47+1Verb, TransitiveNature & EnvironmentKanji Vocab20 strokes

    掘出す

    ほりだす

    Verb, Transitive

    1.
    to dig out, to pick up

    Stroke 0 / 20

    Speed1.0x

    庭にわから古ふるいコインを掘ほり出だした。

    I dug out an old coin from the garden.

    KMT7Daily LifeNature & Environment
    冬とう眠みん中ちゅうの動どう物ぶつが、春はるになって土つちの中なかから掘ほり出だされたかのように現あらわれた。

    Hibernating animals appeared as if they had been dug out from under the soil in spring.

    KMT9Nature & EnvironmentAnimals
    考こう古こ学がく者しゃは古こ代だいの遺い跡せきから貴き重ちょうな土ど器きを掘ほり出だした。

    Archaeologists dug out valuable pottery from ancient ruins.

    KMT10Nature & EnvironmentHistory
    災さい害がい現げん場ばでは、生せい存ぞん者しゃを瓦が礫れきの下したから掘ほり出だす作さ業ぎょうが続つづけられた。

    At the disaster site, efforts continued to dig out survivors from under the rubble.

    KMT10Nature & EnvironmentDaily Life
    彼かれは古ふるい資し料りょうの中なかから、重じゅう要ような事じ実じつを掘ほり出だした。

    He unearthed important facts from old documents.

    KMT10Work & CareerLiterature

    Characters that make up this word

    掘
    ほ.る…(2)
    dig・delve・excavate
    Kanji
    出
    で.る・-で・だ.す・-だ.す・い.でる・い.だす…(9)
    exit・leave・go out・come out・put out…(1)
    Kanji
    り
    ri
    Kana
    す
    su
    Kana
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