Search Terms: *掘*
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Godan-ru verb, transitive verb
1.
to dig, to excavate, to hollow
2.
to delve into
3.
to dig up (e.g. vegetables)
4.
(for two men) to have anal sex(slang, vulgar)
noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
excavation, exhumation
2.
discovery (e.g. new talent)
noun, auxillary suru verb
•
digging out, excavation
Other readings:
掘鑿【くっさく】
Common word
expression, adverb
•
inquisitively, pryingly, nosily, thoroughly, persistently, through-and-through
Other readings:
根ほり葉ほり【ねほりはほり】
、根堀り葉堀り【ねほりはほり】[1]
Notes:
- word containing irregular kanji usage
noun, auxillary suru verb
•
illegal digging, illegal mining, grave robbing, tomb robbing
Common word
noun
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(lucky) find, bargain, good buy, treasure trove
Other readings:
掘出し物【ほりだしもの】
、堀り出し物【ほりだしもの】
Common word
Godan-su verb, transitive verb
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to dig up, to unearth, to uncover
Other readings:
掘り起す【ほりおこす】
、掘起す【ほりおこす】
Common word
Ichidan verb, transitive verb
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to dig down, to delve into, to get to the bottom of (a matter), to investigate further
Other readings:
掘下げる【ほりさげる】
Common word
Ichidan verb, transitive verb
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to strike (gold, oil, etc.), to find (e.g. buried treasure), to dig up
Other readings:
掘りあてる【ほりあてる】
、掘当てる【ほりあてる】
Godan-su verb, transitive verb
1.
to dig up, to turn up, to tear up
2.
to rake up (e.g. old scandal), to dig over
Other readings:
掘返す【ほりかえす】
、堀り返す【ほりかえす】[1]
Notes:
- word containing irregular kanji usage
Godan-su verb, transitive verb
•
to dig out, to pick up
Other readings:
掘出す【ほりだす】
noun, auxillary suru verb
•
excavation, digging
Other readings:
穴掘【あなほり】
、穴ほり【あなほり】
noun
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burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia)(usually kana)
Other readings:
あなほりふくろう《穴堀梟》
、アナホリフクロウ
noun
1.
digging for sweet potatoes (esp. as an outing)
2.
sweet potato digger
Other readings:
藷掘り【いもほり】[1]
、芋堀り【いもほり】[2]
Notes:
- word containing out-dated kanji
- word containing irregular kanji usage
noun
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uneducated monk, ignorant monk, potato-digging monk(archaism, derogatory)
expression, Godan-ru verb
1.
to perform anal sex, to bugger, to sodomize, to sodomise
See also:釜を掘る
2.
to crash a car into the back of another (usu. used in the passive voice), to rear-end
Other readings:
オカマを掘る【オカマをほる】
、お釜を掘る【おかまをほる】
、御釜を掘る【おかまをほる】
noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
draining a pond, lake, or ditch (esp. to remove fish, purify water, etc.)
2.
cleaning a well
Other readings:
搔い掘り【かいぼり】
expression, Godan-ru verb
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to fail to make timely preparations, to not dig a well until one is thirsty
expression
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to each their own, different strokes for different folks, cut your coat to suit your cloth, a crab digs a hole like its own shell(proverb)
expression, Godan-ru verb
1.
to perform anal sex, to bugger, to sodomize, to sodomise(usually kana, colloquialism, vulgar)
See also:お釜を掘る
2.
to crash one's car into the back of another
Other readings:
かまをほる《釜を掘る》
、カマをほる《カマを掘る》