noun
Refers to an artificial water channel, often for irrigation or drainage. Can range from a small ditch to a larger canal.
田んぼの横に掘割が流れている。
A canal runs alongside the rice field.
この掘割は江戸時代に作られた。
This waterway was built in the Edo period.
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.