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    3. 採掘

    採掘

    採さい掘くつ

    mining

    N1KMT8News #19+1Noun, Participle, Verb, TransitiveScience & MathKanji Vocab22 strokes

    さいくつ

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Transitive

    1.
    mining, digging, working (a mine)

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    この山やまでは昔むかし、金きんが採さい掘くつされていた。

    Gold used to be mined in this mountain.

    KMT6HistoryNature & Environment
    石せき炭たんの採さい掘くつは危き険けんな作さ業ぎょうを伴ともなう。

    Coal mining involves dangerous work.

    KMT8Work & CareerScience & Math
    月げつ面めんでの水みず資し源げんの採さい掘くつは、将しょう来らいの宇う宙ちゅう開かい発はつの鍵カギとなるだろう。

    Mining water resources on the moon will be key to future space development.

    KMT8Science & MathTechnology
    深しん海かいの海かい底てい資し源げんの採さい掘くつには、高こう度どな技ぎ術じゅつと莫ばく大だいなコストが必ひつ要ようだ。

    Mining deep-sea resources requires advanced technology and enormous costs.

    KMT9Science & MathTechnologyBusiness & Finance
    違い法ほうな採さい掘くつ活かつ動どうは、環かん境きょう破は壊かいの大おおきな原げん因いんとなっている。

    Illegal mining activities are a major cause of environmental destruction.

    KMT9Science & MathNature & EnvironmentPolitics & Law

    Kanji that make up this word

    採
    と.る…(1)
    pick・take・fetch・take up
    掘
    ほ.る…(2)
    dig・delve・excavate
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