埋うもれ木ぎ

noun

bogwood; bog oak

Wood that has been buried in peat bogs and preserved, often darkened. A literal, physical sense.

• この埋うもれ木ぎは何なん百びゃく年ねんも前まえに地ち中ちゅうに埋うまったものだ。

  This bogwood was buried underground hundreds of years ago.

noun

living in obscurity; being buried in obscurity

Metaphorical use: a person or talent that remains unknown or unrecognized, like wood buried in the ground. Often used in literary or reflective contexts.

• 彼かれは埋うもれ木ぎのように一いっ生しょうを終おえた。

  He ended his life like a piece of buried wood, in obscurity.

noun

fig

Rare, archaic synonym for イチジク (fig). Not used in modern Japanese; encountered only in old texts or as a literary allusion.

See also: イチジク

• 古ふるい文ぶん献けんでは、埋うもれ木ぎがイチジクを指さすことがある。

  In old documents, 埋もれ木 can refer to a fig.