Moto 掘: Dig; Delve; ExcavateKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- クツ
- Kun'yomi
- ほ(る)
- Level
- JLPT N2Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 103 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (クツ)
- 発掘はっくつexcavation; exhumation
- 掘削くっさくdigging out; excavation
- 採掘さいくつmining
- 盗掘とうくつillegal digging; illegal mining
- 試掘しくつprospecting; trial digging
- トンネル掘削機トンネルくっさくきtunnel boring machine; TBM
- 乱掘らんくつover-mining (of coal)
- 掘削機くっさくきexcavator
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 井戸掘りいどほりwell digging; well digger
- 掘り下げるほりさげるto dig down
- 掘り出し物ほりだしもの(lucky) find; bargain
- 掘り出すほりだすto dig out; to pick up
- 掘り当てるほりあてるto strike (gold, oil, etc.); to find (e.g. buried treasure)
- 掘り起こすほりおこすto dig up; to unearth
- 掘り返すほりかえすto dig up; to turn up
- 掘るほるto dig; to excavate
- 根掘り葉掘りねほりはほりinquisitively; pryingly
- おかまを掘るおかまをほるto perform anal sex; to bugger
- お釜を掘るおかまをほるto perform anal sex; to bugger
- かい掘りかいぼりdraining a pond, lake, or ditch (esp. to remove fish, purify water, etc.)
- かまを掘るかまをほるto perform anal sex; to bugger
- 坑内掘りこうないぼりpit mining
- 坑内掘り炭鉱こうないぼりたんこうunderground coal mine
- 墓掘りはかほりgravedigger
- 墓穴を掘るぼけつをほるto dig your own grave; to bring calamity upon oneself
- 御釜を掘るおかまをほるto perform anal sex; to bugger
- 掘っ建てほったてerection of a pillar by sinking it directly into the ground
- 掘っ建て小屋ほったてごやhut; shanty
- 掘っ建て柱ほったてばしらpillar sunk into the ground
- 掘っ立てほったてerection of a pillar by sinking it directly into the ground
- 掘っ立て小屋ほったてごやhut; shanty
- 掘っ立て柱ほったてばしらpillar sunk into the ground
- 掘りあてるほりあてるto strike (gold, oil, etc.); to find (e.g. buried treasure)
- 掘りこむほりこむto dig into
- 掘りごたつほりごたつsunken kotatsu; low table over a hole in the floor (may have a heat source underneath and a hanging quilt to retain warmth)
- 掘りつくすほりつくすto work out (a mine); to exhaust (vein of ore)
- 掘り井戸ほりいどa well
- 掘り割りほりわりcanal; waterway
- 掘り尽くすほりつくすto work out (a mine); to exhaust (vein of ore)
- 掘り崩すほりくずすto undermine; to sap
- 掘り抜き井戸ほりぬきいどartesian well; tapped well
- 掘り抜くほりぬくto dig through; to drill into
- 掘り炬燵ほりごたつsunken kotatsu; low table over a hole in the floor (may have a heat source underneath and a hanging quilt to retain warmth)
- 掘り起すほりおこすto dig up; to unearth
- 掘り込むほりこむto dig into
- 掘り進むほりすすむto burrow through; to dig through
Other readings
- オカマを掘るおかまをほるto perform anal sex; to bugger
- カマを掘るかまをほるto perform anal sex; to bugger
- 坑内掘炭鉱こうないぼりたんこうunderground coal mine
- 掘り火燵ほりごたつsunken kotatsu; low table over a hole in the floor (may have a heat source underneath and a hanging quilt to retain warmth)
- 掘下げるほりさげるto dig down
- 掘井戸ほりいどa well
- 掘出し物ほりだしもの(lucky) find; bargain
- 掘出すほりだすto dig out; to pick up
- 掘割ほりわりcanal; waterway
- 掘割りほりわりcanal; waterway
- 掘建てほったてerection of a pillar by sinking it directly into the ground
- 掘建て小屋ほったてごやhut; shanty
- 掘当てるほりあてるto strike (gold, oil, etc.); to find (e.g. buried treasure)
- 掘抜き井戸ほりぬきいどartesian well; tapped well
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