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25 word matches found for '掘' using reading 'ほ'
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'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to dig; to excavate; to hollow
2. to delve into
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noun
well digging; well digger
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expression, adverb
inquisitively; pryingly; nosily; thoroughly; persistently; through-and-through
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Most common form: 掘出し物
noun
(lucky) find; bargain; good buy; treasure trove
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ichidan verb, transitive verb
to dig down; to delve into; to get to the bottom of (a matter); to investigate further
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'su' godan verb, transitive verb
to reclaim; to dig up
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Most common form: 掘当てる
ichidan verb, transitive verb
to strike; to find; to dig up
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Most common form: 掘炬燵
noun
sunken kotatsu; low table over a hole in the floor (may have a heat source underneath and a hanging quilt to retain warmth)  (see also: 炬燵)
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Most common form: 堀り割り
noun
canal; waterway; ditch
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noun
bareback sex (esp. male gay); unprotected sex
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Most common form: 堀り抜く
'ku' godan verb, transitive verb
to dig through; to drill into; to excavate
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Most common form: 芋堀り
noun
1. digging for sweet potatoes (esp. as an outing)
2. sweet potato digger
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'su' godan verb, transitive verb
to work out (a mine); to exhaust (vein of ore)
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Most common form: 掘込む
'mu' godan verb, transitive verb
to carve into; to cut into; to dig into
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noun
a well
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noun
pillar sunk into the ground
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noun
ditching machine
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expression, 'ru' godan verb
1. to perform anal sex; to bugger; to sodomize; to sodomise  (see also: お釜を掘る; often written with kana only; colloquialism; vulgar expression or word)
2. to crash one's car into the back of another
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'su' godan verb, transitive verb
to undermine; to sap; to dig away
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expression, 'ru' godan verb
1. to crash a car into the back of another (usu. used in the passive voice); to rear-end
2. to perform anal sex; to bugger; to sodomize; to sodomise  (see also: 釜を掘る)
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noun
gravedigger
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expression, 'ru' godan verb
to bring calamity upon oneself; to put one's foot in it; to dig one’s own grave  (idiomatic expression)
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to burrow through; to dig through
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expression, 'ru' godan verb
to dig up lotus roots  (archaic)
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expression
to each their own; different strokes for different folks; cut your coat to suit your cloth; a crab digs a hole like its own shell  (idiomatic expression)
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