壕
壕

trench, dugout, air raid shelter

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Common Words

堀濠壕ほりNounFreq #11321
1

moat; fosse

2

canal; ditch

塹壕ざんごうNounFreq #33959
1

trench; dugout

Examples
敵軍は首都の周囲を塹壕で固めていた。
The enemy was entrenched all around the capital.
外堀外濠そとぼり外壕NounFreq #35361
1

outer moat (of a castle)

壕濠ごうNounFreq #37128
1

濠 is usu. filled with water, 壕 is usu. dry

moat; fosse; trench; ditch

2

壕 only

underground air-raid shelter; dugout

防空壕ぼうくうごうNounFreq #51638
1

air-raid shelter; bomb shelter

内堀内壕内濠うちぼりNounFreq #69677
1

inner moat; moat within the castle walls

塹壕戦ざんごうせんNounFreq #92030
1

trench warfare

待避壕たいひごうNounFreq #129987
1

bomb shelter; dugout; trench

水濠水壕すいごうNounFreq #184897
1

water jump (on a racetrack, etc.)

2

moat (around a castle, etc.)

塹壕熱ざんごうねつNounFreq #225290
1

trench fever

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