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掘り抜き井戸 (ほりぬきいど) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Meanings 1
noun
artesian well ; tapped well
A well drilled into a confined aquifer, allowing water to rise to the surface without pumping. In Japanese, it can also refer to a well that taps into an underground water source.
掘ほ り 抜ぬ き 井い 戸ど を 掘ほ る に は 地ち 質しつ 調ちょう 査さ が 必ひつ 要よう だ 。
A geological survey is necessary to drill an artesian well.
Written forms 掘ほ り 抜ぬ き 井い 戸ど
Standard kanji spelling with full okurigana.
掘ほり 抜ぬ き 井い 戸ど
Variant with shortened okurigana; less common but still used.
掘ほり 抜ぬき 井い 戸ど
irregular okurigana
Irregular okurigana usage; it is irregular okurigana.
Kanji 抜 slip out, extract, pull out 戸 door, counter for houses, door radical (no. 63) Similar words 井い 戸ど 井戸 is a general term for any well, while 掘り抜き井戸 specifically refers to a drilled well that taps into a pressurized aquifer.
自じ 噴ふん 井せい 自噴井 is a technical term for a flowing artesian well where water rises naturally; 掘り抜き井戸 is a more common, slightly broader term.
Etymology Compound of 掘り抜き (horinuki, 'drilling through', from 掘る 'to dig' + 抜く 'to pull out/pierce') + 井戸 (ido, 'well'). The term describes a well that is dug or drilled through to reach a water-bearing layer.
