Usu. 履く or 穿く

to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear

Usu. 佩く or 帯く

to affix (a sword to one's hip)

Archaic

to affix (a bowstring to a bow)

to drill; to bore; to pierce; to pass through

Intransitive verb

to hit the mark; to get to the heart of (the matter); to be true to (nature)

Archaic

to put on; to wear

Colloquial

to dig up; to dig out; to pick (nose, teeth, etc.); to clean (ears)

Colloquial

to pry into; to examine closely; to dredge up

to dig up; to expose; to disclose

to put on (another's shoes by mistake); to put (shoes) on the wrong feet

to mistake (one thing for another); to confuse; to have a mistaken idea of; to misunderstand

Idiomatic expression

to find someone's weak spot; to drill a hole

probing (into); digging (into); prying (into); scrutiny; poking one's nose into; poking around

Obsolete term

excavation; digging

to dig up; to dig out; to pick (nose, teeth); to clean out (ears)

perforation; punching; boring; drilling

to pick something out (nose, hole, etc.)

to pry (into people's private affairs)