掘くっ削さく

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掘削する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	掘くっ削さくする	掘くっ削さくしない
Polite	掘くっ削さくします	掘くっ削さくしません
Past polite	掘くっ削さくしました	掘くっ削さくしませんでした
Past	掘くっ削さくした	掘くっ削さくしなかった
Te-form	掘くっ削さくして	掘くっ削さくしないで
Desire	掘くっ削さくしたい	掘くっ削さくしたくない
Potential	掘くっ削さくできる	掘くっ削さくできない
Passive	掘くっ削さくされる	掘くっ削さくされない
Causative	掘くっ削さくさせる	掘くっ削さくさせない
Causative passive	掘くっ削さくさせられる	掘くっ削さくさせられない
Volitional	掘くっ削さくしよう
Polite volitional	掘くっ削さくしましょう
Imperative	掘くっ削さくしろ	掘くっ削さくするな
Conditional	掘くっ削さくすれば	掘くっ削さくしなければ
Tara conditional	掘くっ削さくしたら	掘くっ削さくしなかったら

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

excavation; digging

Refers to the act of digging or excavating earth, rock, or other materials, often in construction, mining, or archaeological contexts. Can be used as a noun or with する as a transitive verb.

トンネル建けん設せつのため、山やまの掘くっ削さくが始はじまった。
Excavation of the mountain began for the tunnel construction.
遺い跡せきを掘くっ削さくして古こ代だいの遺い物ぶつを発はっ見けんした。
They excavated the ruins and discovered ancient artifacts.

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Usage patterns

〈場ば所しょ〉を掘くっ削さくするto excavate/drill a site
作さ業ぎょう員いんたちは油ゆ田でんを掘くっ削さくした。
The workers drilled the oil field.
掘くっ削さく工こう事じexcavation work/construction
掘くっ削さく工こう事じが来らい月げつから始はじまる。
The excavation work will start next month.
〈数かず〉メートル掘くっ削さくするto drill/dig down to a certain depth
この井い戸どは地ち下か100メートルまで掘くっ削さくされた。
This well was drilled down to 100 meters underground.

Kanji

掘dig, delve, excavate
削plane, sharpen, whittle
鑿chisel

Related words

採さい掘くつN1
採掘 focuses on mining or extracting resources such as coal or minerals, while 掘削 is a broader technical term for any digging or excavation.
発はっ掘くつN1
発掘 usually implies unearthing something valuable or historically significant, such as in archaeology, while 掘削 is a neutral technical term for digging.
掘ほるN3
掘削 is a formal, technical term for excavation (e.g. with machinery), while 掘る is the everyday verb for digging.
ボーリング
掘削 is the formal engineering term for excavating or drilling, while ボーリング specifically denotes the boring process used to make deep, narrow holes (e.g. for geological survey).

Opposites

埋うめ立たてN1
掘削 means digging earth or rock out, while 埋め立て means filling land in, the opposite process.

Don't confuse with

発はっ掘くつN1
掘削 refers to the technical/engineering act of drilling or boring into the ground, while 発掘 is about uncovering something buried, often with a discovery as the goal.

Counted with

回かいN4
掘削 is typically counted with 回 when referring to the number of times a drilling or excavation operation is carried out, as in 掘削を二回行う.

Word family

掘くっ削さく機き
excavator
掘くっ削さく船せん
drillship
油ゆ田でん掘くっ削さく施し設せつ
oil drilling facility; oil rig

Written forms

掘くっ削さくUsage95%
Standard kanji spelling; used in news and technical contexts.
掘くっさくUsage5%
search-only kanji form
Search-only mixed kanji-kana form; not a standard spelling.
掘くっ鑿さく
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form; 鑿 is not a standard Jōyō kanji.

Etymology

Compound of 掘 (dig) and 削 (cut, shave off). The reading くっさく is a regular on'yomi combination.