剔
剔
cutting
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テキテイ
Kun
えぐ.るそ.る
Dictionary
Common Words
1
to gouge; to hollow out; to bore; to excavate; to scoop out
Examples
傷を深くえぐってはならない、傷を新たに作ることになるから。
Search not the wound too deep lest thou make a new one.
2
えぐる only
to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain
3
えぐる only
to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light
1
picking out; taking out; (surgical) removal
Examples
外科医は患者の盲腸を摘出した。
The surgeon took out his patient's appendix.
2
exposure
1
Formal or literary term
gouging out
2
Formal or literary term
exposing (a scandal, fraud, etc.)
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