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乱掘濫掘らんくつNounTransitive～する Verb
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overmining (e.g. of coal); reckless mining

試掘者しくつしゃNoun
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prospector

溝掘り機溝掘機みぞほりきNoun
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trench digging machine; trencher

あなほりふくろうアナホリフクロウ穴掘梟穴堀梟NounUsually kana
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burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia)

生掘りなまほりNoun
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bareback sex (esp. male gay); unprotected sex

探掘たんくつNoun～する Verb
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exploratory excavation; prospecting

試掘坑試掘孔しくつこうNoun
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test pit; pilot tunnel

採掘場さいくつじょうさいくつばNoun
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mining site; quarry; diggings; stope

Examples
採掘場が爆発した時、中には誰もいなかった。
There was no one in the mine when it blew up.
洗掘せんくつNoun～する Verb
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scouring (of a riverbed or seafloor)

油田掘削施設ゆでんくっさくしせつNoun
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oil rig

坑内掘りこうないぼりNoun
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underground mining

坑内掘り炭鉱坑内掘炭鉱こうないぼりたんこうNoun
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underground coal mine

露天掘り炭鉱露天掘炭鉱ろてんぼりたんこうNoun
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open-pit coal mine; open-cut coal mine

トンネル掘削機トンネルくっさくきNoun
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tunnel boring machine; TBM

渇に臨みて井を掘るかつにのぞみていをほるExpressionGodan verb
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Idiomatic expression

to fail to make timely preparations; to not dig a well until one is thirsty

芋掘り坊主いもほりぼうずNounArchaic
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Derogatory

uneducated monk; ignorant monk; potato-digging monk

蓮根掘るはすねほるExpressionArchaicGodan verb
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to dig up lotus roots

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