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Common word
Ichidan verb, transitive verb
•
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
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excavation, digging
Other readings:
穴掘【あなほり】
、穴ほり【あなほり】
noun
•
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》
noun
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underground coal mine
Other readings:
坑内掘炭鉱【こうないぼりたんこう】
noun, auxillary suru verb
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excavation (usu. archeological), dig
noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
digging deeply (below the surface), mining deep
2.
probing deeply (issue, problem), investigating thoroughly
3.
deepening relations
expression, Godan-ru verb
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to dig your own grave, to bring calamity upon oneself, to put your foot in it(idiom )
noun
•
erection of a pillar by sinking it directly into the ground
Other readings:
掘っ建て【ほったて】
、掘立て【ほったて】
、掘建て【ほったて】
noun
1.
hut, shanty, hovel, shack
See also:小屋
2.
house built directly into the ground with no supporting stones
Other readings:
掘っ建て小屋【ほったてごや】
、掘建て小屋【ほったてごや】
、掘立小屋【ほったてごや】[1]
Notes:
- irregular okurigana usage
noun
•
sunken kotatsu, low table over a hole in the floor (may have a heat source underneath and a hanging quilt to retain warmth)
See also:炬燵
Other readings:
掘り炬燵【ほりごたつ】
、掘り火燵【ほりごたつ】
、掘炬燵【ほりごたつ】[1]
、掘火燵【ほりごたつ】[1]
Notes:
- irregular okurigana usage
Godan-mu verb, transitive verb
•
to dig into
Other readings:
掘りこむ【ほりこむ】
、掘込む【ほりこむ】
Godan-su verb, transitive verb
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to work out (a mine), to exhaust (vein of ore)
Other readings:
掘りつくす【ほりつくす】
、堀りつくす【ほりつくす】[1]
Notes:
- word containing irregular kanji usage
noun
•
artesian well, tapped well
Other readings:
掘抜き井戸【ほりぬきいど】
、掘抜井戸【ほりぬきいど】[1]
Notes:
- irregular okurigana usage
Godan-ku verb, transitive verb
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to dig through, to drill into, to excavate
Other readings:
掘抜く【ほりぬく】
、堀り抜く【ほりぬく】[1]
Notes:
- word containing irregular kanji usage
noun
•
canal, waterway, ditch
Other readings:
堀り割り【ほりわり】
、堀割り【ほりわり】
、掘割【ほりわり】
、掘り割り【ほりわり】
、掘割り【ほりわり】
noun
•
open-cut or open-air (strip) mining
Other readings:
露天掘【ろてんぼり】[1]
Notes:
- irregular okurigana usage