坑
坑

pit, hole

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導坑どうこうNounFreq #10822
1

Civil engineering

pilot tunnel

坑道こうどうNounFreq #23308
1

tunnel; (mining) gallery; level; shaft; pit

炭鉱炭坑炭礦たんこうNounFreq #31704
1

coal mine; (coal) pit; colliery

Examples
あの支部は炭鉱労働組合に属している。
That branch is affiliated to the miners' union.
2

炭坑 only

coal-mine shaft

坑こうNounNoun suffixFreq #44547
1

pit (esp. of a mine)

廃坑廃鉱はいこうNounIntransitive～する VerbFreq #51721
1

closure of a mine; abandoned mine; disused mine

坑夫鉱夫こうふNounFreq #54307
1

Dated term

miner

坑夫こうふNounFreq #56146
1

Work of art, literature, music, etc. name

The Miner (1908 novel by Natsume Sōseki)

開坑かいこうNoun～する VerbFreq #68582
1

opening of mine

坑内こうないNoun～の Adj.Freq #78214
1

within a pit or (mine) shaft

立坑竪坑縦坑立て坑たて坑たてこう立抗NounFreq #81458
1

shaft (e.g. in a mine); pit

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