抉
抉

gouge, hollow out, bore, pry

7 strokes

On

ケツ

Kun

えぐ.るこじ.るくじ.る

Dictionary

Common Words

えぐる抉る刳る剔るくる (刳る)TransitiveUsually kanaGodan verbFreq #10494
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

こじ開けるこじあける抉じ開けるTransitiveIchidan verbFreq #11847
1

to wrench open; to break open; to pry open; to prise open; to force open

Examples
そのこそ泥は窓をこじ開けている現場を捕まった。
The burglar was caught in the act of prying open the window.
くじる抉るTransitiveUsually kanaGodan verbFreq #12214
1

to stick into and move around; to dig around in; to pick (i.e. one's teeth)

えぐれる抉れる刳れるIntransitiveUsually kanaIchidan verbFreq #27058
1

to be gouged; to be hollowed; to become hollow

しゃくる決る抉る刳る杓るさくる (決る／抉る／刳る)TransitiveGodan verbFreq #31181
1

Word usually written using kana alone

to dig out; to gouge out; to hollow out

2

to scoop; to ladle; to bail

3

to jerk (one's chin)

こじる抉る抉じるTransitiveUsually kanaIchidan verbGodan verbFreq #37523
1

抉る is generally v5r, while 抉じる is v1

to pry; to prize; to prise

えぐり取る抉り取るえぐりとるTransitiveGodan verbFreq #38521
1

to dig out; to hollow out; to cut into

えぐり出す抉り出すえぐりだすTransitiveGodan verbFreq #47324
1

to gouge out; to cut out; to scoop out

2

to bring to light; to reveal

しゃくれる杓れる決れる抉れるUsually kanaIchidan verbFreq #79262
1

to have an underbite; to have a protruding chin

2

to be concaved; to have a concave shape

剔抉てっけつNounTransitive～する VerbFreq #124620
1

Formal or literary term

gouging out

2

Formal or literary term

exposing (a scandal, fraud, etc.)

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