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埋
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carrion beetle (any beetle of family Silphidae, incl. burying beetles)
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Abbreviation; Noun or verb acting prenominally; From 天井 + 埋め込み
embedded in the ceiling (of a fan, air conditioning unit, etc.); ceiling-mounted
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to fill in a hole
Examples
係長が急に辞めてしまったので、私がその穴を埋めなければならなくなった。
I had to fill the gap left when our head clerk quit on short notice.
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to plug a gap (money, personnel, etc.); to make up for a deficiency; to cover a deficit
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Idiomatic expression
to remove obstacles in the way of one's objective; to take an indirect approach; to fill in the outer moat
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to make up for; to compensate for; to offset
Examples
なくした時間を埋め合わせなければならない。
We must make up for lost time.
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Idiomatic expression
to make (somewhere) one's final home; to make (a place) one's final resting place
Examples
私はこの国に骨を埋めるつもりです。
I wish to be buried in this country.
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Idiomatic expression
to do (something) for the rest of one's life; to devote (the rest of) one's life to (something)