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掘るほるTransitiveGodan verbFreq #4356
1

to dig; to excavate; to hollow

Examples
彼らは穴をあけて石油を掘り当てようとした。
They intended to drill for oil.
2

to delve into

3

to dig up (e.g. vegetables)

Examples
ジャガイモを掘ったことがありますか。
Have you dug up potatoes?
4

Slang; Vulgar expression or word

(for two men) to have anal sex

発掘はっくつNounTransitive～する VerbFreq #12638
1

excavation; exhumation; digging up; unearthing

Examples
新しい遺跡で未発掘はいくつだったのですか。
How many new sites were uncovered?
2

discovery (of a new fact, talent, etc.); finding; unearthing

採掘さいくつNounTransitive～する VerbFreq #14669
1

mining; digging; working (a mine)

掘り返す掘返すほりかえす堀り返すTransitiveGodan verbFreq #15704
1

to dig up; to turn up; to tear up

Examples
春になると畑をほりかえして種をまきます。
When spring comes, they dig up the fields and plant seeds.
2

to rake up (e.g. old scandal); to dig over

Examples
いくどとなくおのを埋めては、きまって、また、ほりかえす。永遠の平和がやってくる気配もない。
After countless burials of the hatchet, we always dig it up again. There doesn't seem to be any sign of an ever-lasting peace.
掘り起こす掘り起す掘起すほりおこすTransitiveGodan verbFreq #15730
1

to dig up; to unearth; to uncover

Examples
それに、もう庭も掘り起こしてしまったのよ。
And, they've already torn up the garden.
掘り出す掘出すほりだすTransitiveGodan verbFreq #16956
1

to dig out; to pick up

Examples
何人かの人々が宝を掘り出そうとしたができなかった。
Some people tried to dig the treasure out, but they couldn't.
根掘り葉掘り根ほり葉ほりねほりはほり根堀り葉堀りAdverbExpressionFreq #23536
1

inquisitively; pryingly; nosily; thoroughly; persistently; through-and-through

掘り下げる掘りさげる掘下げるほりさげるTransitiveIchidan verbFreq #24554
1

to dig down

2

to dig into (a matter); to delve into; to probe into; to investigate; to get to the bottom of

墓穴を掘るぼけつをほるExpressionGodan verbFreq #24806
1

Idiomatic expression

to dig one's own grave; to bring calamity upon oneself; to make a rod for one's own back

掘削くっさく掘鑿NounTransitive～する VerbFreq #37619
1

digging out; excavation

穴掘りあなほりNoun～する VerbFreq #42537
1

excavation; digging

盗掘とうくつNounTransitive～する VerbFreq #60523
1

illegal digging; illegal mining; grave robbing; tomb robbing

掘採くっさいNounTransitive～する VerbFreq #65198
1

mining

採掘権さいくつけんNounFreq #72609
1

mining rights

深堀り深掘りふかぼり深堀深掘Noun～する VerbFreq #73154
1

digging deeply (below the surface); mining deep

2

probing deeply (issue, problem); investigating thoroughly

3

deepening relations

堀割堀り割り堀割り掘割掘り割り掘割りほりわりNounFreq #77919
1

canal; waterway; ditch

掘削機くっさくきNounFreq #80490
1

excavator

墓掘りはかほりNounFreq #82865
1

gravedigger

芋掘り芋ほりいも掘りいもほりNounFreq #88974
1

digging for sweet potatoes (esp. as an outing)

2

Derogatory

country bumpkin; yokel

採掘者さいくつしゃNounFreq #111819
1

miner

試掘しくつNounTransitive～する VerbFreq #111884
1

prospecting; trial digging

Examples
彼らは石油を目当てに土地を試掘している。
They are boring the ground for oil.
発掘隊はっくつたいNounFreq #130746
1

excavation team; dig team

掘進くっしんNounIntransitive～する VerbFreq #244336
1

tunnelling (through); excavation; drilling; boring

掘足綱くっそくこうNounFreq #302922
1

Scaphopoda (class of molluscs comprising the tooth shells)

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