Refers to an artificial water channel, often for irrigation or drainage. Can range from a small ditch to a larger canal.
A canal runs alongside the rice field.
This waterway was built in the Edo period.
Standard kanji spelling for 'canal' or 'ditch'.
Variant spelling using 堀 (moat, canal).
Rare variant with partial okurigana.
Spelling with okurigana, less common but still used.
Rare variant with partial okurigana and 堀.
Rare variant with okurigana and 堀.
Compound of 掘り (hori, 'digging') + 割り (wari, 'splitting'), referring to a channel dug into the ground.