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発掘する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

excavation; digging up; exhumation

Physical act of digging something out of the ground, especially in archaeology or construction. Also used for exhuming remains.

discovery; finding; unearthing (talent, fact)

Figurative use: discovering hidden talent, unknown facts, or forgotten records. Often used in media and business contexts.

〈場ば所しょ〉から〈物もの〉が発はっ掘くつされるfor something to be excavated/unearthed from a place
遺い跡せきから古ふるい壺つぼが発はっ掘くつされた。
An old jar was excavated from the ruins.
〈人ひと〉を発はっ掘くつするto discover/scout a person's hidden talent
このオーディション番ばん組ぐみは無む名めいの新しん人じんを発はっ掘くつしてきた。
This audition show has discovered many unknown newcomers.
才さい能のうを発はっ掘くつするto discover/uncover talent
会かい社しゃは社しゃ員いんの隠かくれた才さい能のうを発はっ掘くつするプログラムを始はじめた。
The company started a program to uncover employees' hidden talents.
遺い跡せきを発はっ掘くつするto excavate an archaeological site/ruins
大だい学がくのチームが古こ代だいの遺い跡せきを発はっ掘くつしている。
A university team is excavating an ancient site.

発はっ見けんN4sense 2
発見 is the general word for making any discovery, while 発掘 stresses the process of digging or searching something hidden out, whether literally or figuratively.
出しゅつ土ど sense 1
出土 focuses on artifacts being found in the ground (often used passively, e.g. 土器が出土した), while 発掘 emphasizes the active act of digging them out.
採さい掘くつN1sense 1
採掘 is used for extracting resources like minerals or coal from the earth, whereas 発掘 is broader and covers archaeological or exhumation contexts too.
掘くっ削さく
発掘 usually implies unearthing something valuable or historically significant, such as in archaeology, while 掘削 is a neutral technical term for digging.

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掘ほるN3
発掘 specifically means to unearth or excavate (e.g. artifacts, fossils) and is more formal than the general verb 掘る.
暴あばく
発掘する means to excavate or unearth, typically used for archaeological finds, while 暴く (sense 2) refers to digging up something deliberately concealed, such as a grave, often with negative connotations.

埋まい葬そう sense 1
埋葬 means to bury something (esp. a body) in the ground, the opposite process to 発掘, which means to dig it back out.
隠いん蔽ぺい sense 2
隠蔽 means to conceal or cover up something, the opposite of 発掘's sense of bringing hidden talent or facts to light.
埋まい没ぼつ
発掘 means to dig up or excavate something, the opposite of 埋没's meaning of being buried underground.

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葬ほうむるN1
発掘する means to dig up or unearth something, the physical opposite of 葬る's act of burying.
埋まい蔵ぞうN1
発掘 means to excavate or dig something up, the opposite process of 埋蔵, which means to bury something or have it lie hidden underground.

掘くっ削さく sense 1
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.
採さい掘くつN1
発掘 means to excavate buried artifacts, fossils, or ruins, whereas 採掘 means to mine or dig out resources like ore, coal, or oil.

回かいN4
発掘 is counted with 回 when referring to individual excavation events or digs.

Compound of 発 (はつ, 'to emit, start') and 掘 (くつ, 'to dig'). The kanji combination directly conveys 'digging out' or 'unearthing'.