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    3. 潜り

    潜り

    潜もぐり​

    diving

    KMT10News #38+1Sports & Martial ArtsWork & CareerAmbiguous glossKanji Vocab17 strokes

    もぐり

    Noun

    1.
    diving, diver

    Noun, Particle

    2.
    unlicensed (doctor, driver, etc.), unregistered, unqualified
    word usually written using kana alone

    Noun

    3.
    outsider, stranger
    word usually written using kana alone

    Stroke 0 / 17

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    彼かれは素す潜もぐりが得とく意いだ。

    He is good at free diving.

    KMT7Sports & Martial ArtsDaily Life
    あの医い者しゃはもぐりだという噂うわさがある。

    There's a rumor that that doctor is unlicensed.

    KMT10Medicine & HealthDaily Life
    もぐりのタクシー運うん転てん手しゅは法ほう律りつで罰ばっせられる。

    Unlicensed taxi drivers are punished by law.

    KMT10Work & CareerPolitics & LawTravel & Transportation
    沖おき縄なわの海うみで本ほん格かく的てきな潜もぐりを楽たのしんだ。

    I enjoyed serious diving in the waters of Okinawa.

    KMT10Sports & Martial ArtsTravel & TransportationNature & Environment
    もぐりの業ぎょう者しゃに仕し事ごとを依い頼らいしてはいけない。

    You shouldn't ask an unlicensed contractor to do work.

    KMT10Work & CareerDaily Life

    Characters that make up this word

    潜
    ひそ.む・もぐ.る・かく.れる・くぐ.る・ひそ.める…(1)
    submerge・conceal・hide・lower (voice)・hush
    Kanji
    り
    ri
    Kana
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