掘

Meaning

掘 centers on breaking into the ground or a surface to remove material: digging, delving, or excavating.

• 掘るほる
  N3

  to dig; to excavate; to hollow

• 発掘はっくつ
  N1

  excavation; exhumation; digging up; unearthing

• 採掘さいくつ
  N1

  mining; digging; working (a mine)

• 掘削くっさく

  digging out; excavation

• 掘り出し物ほりだしもの

  (lucky) find; bargain; good buy; treasure trove

• 掘り下げるほりさげる

  to dig down

• 掘り起こすほりおこす

  to dig up; to unearth; to uncover

• 盗掘とうくつ

  illegal digging; illegal mining; grave robbing; tomb robbing

• 掘り返すほりかえす

  to dig up; to turn up; to tear up

• 試掘しくつ

  prospecting; trial digging

• 掘り出すほりだす

  to dig out; to pick up

• 掘っ立てほったて

  erection of a pillar by sinking it directly into the ground

• 根掘り葉掘りねほりはほり
  N1

  inquisitively; pryingly; nosily; thoroughly; persistently; through-and-through

• 井戸掘りいどほり

  well digging; well digger

• 掘り当てるほりあてる

  to strike (gold, oil, etc.); to find (e.g. buried treasure); to dig up

• おかまを掘るおかまをほる

  to perform anal sex (between men); to bugger; to sodomize; to sodomise

• かまを掘るかまをほる

  to perform anal sex (between men); to bugger; to sodomize; to sodomise

• トンネル掘削機トンネルくっさくき

  tunnel boring machine; TBM

• 乱掘らんくつ

  overmining (e.g. of coal); reckless mining

• 坑内掘りこうないぼり

  underground mining

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