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| Entry |
Reading |
English |
Rank |
| 発掘 |
はっくつ |
(n,vs) (1) excavation; exhumation; (2) discovery (e.g. new talent) |
4337 |
| 掘る |
ほる |
(v5r) to dig; to excavate |
7101 |
| 採掘 |
さいくつ |
(n) mining |
8114 |
| 掘削 |
くっさく |
(n,vs) digging out; excavation |
10420 |
| 掘り下げる |
ほりさげる |
(v1) to dig down; to delve into; to get to the bottom of (a matter); to investigate further |
20897 |
| 掘り出す |
ほりだす |
(v5s) to dig out; to pick up |
23799 |
| 盗掘 |
とうくつ |
(n) illegal digging |
23919 |
| 掘り起こす |
ほりおこす |
(v5s) to dig up |
24217 |
| 掘割 |
ほりわり |
(n) canal; waterway; ditch |
24627 |
| 掘り返す |
ほりかえす |
(v5s) to dig up; to turn up; to tear up |
30688 |
| 露天掘り |
ろてんぼり |
(n) open-cut or open-air (strip) mining |
30969 |
| 開鑿 |
かいさく |
(oK) (n) excavation; cutting; digging |
31784 |
| 試掘 |
しくつ |
(n) prospecting; trial digging |
31930 |
| 掘り出し物 |
ほりだしもの |
(n) (lucky) find; bargain; good buy; treasure trove |
40619 |
| 乱掘 |
らんくつ |
(n) over-mining (of coal) |
43447 |
| 掘鑿 |
くっさく |
(n,vs) digging out; excavation |
44061 |
| 鑿井 |
さくせい |
(n) well drilling |
45436 |
| 井戸掘り |
いどほり |
(n) well digging; well digger |
51560 |
| 芋掘り |
いもほり |
(n) potato field (furrows) |
51560 |
| 釜を掘る |
かまをほる |
(exp) (col) (uk) (vulg) to have gay sex; to sodomize |
51560 |
| 丸鑿 |
まるのみ |
(n) a gouge |
51560 |
| 掘り井戸 |
ほりいど |
(n) a well |
51560 |
| 掘り火燵 |
ほりごたつ |
(n) low, covered table placed over a hole in the floor of a Japanese-style room |
51560 |
| 掘り割り |
ほりわり |
(n) canal |
51560 |
| 掘り起す |
ほりおこす |
(v5s) to reclaim; to dig up |
51560 |
| 掘り当てる |
ほりあてる |
(v1) to strike; to find; to dig up |
51560 |
| 掘り抜き井戸 |
ほりぬきいど |
(n) artesian well |
51560 |
| 掘り抜く |
ほりぬく |
(v5k) to dig through; to drill into; to excavate |
51560 |
| 掘り炬燵 |
ほりごたつ |
(n) low, covered table placed over a hole in the floor of a Japanese-style room |
51560 |
| 掘削機 |
くっさくき |
(n) excavator |
51560 |
| 掘進 |
くっしん |
(n,vs) excavation; tunnel |
51560 |
| 掘返す |
ほりかえす |
(v5s) to dig up; to turn up; to tear up |
51560 |
| 溝掘り機 |
みぞほりき |
ditching machine |
51560 |
| 根掘り葉掘り |
ねほりはほり |
(adv,exp) thoroughly; persistently; through-and-through |
51560 |
| 採掘権 |
さいくつけん |
(n) mining rights |
51560 |
| 試掘権 |
しくつけん |
(n) prospecting rights; mining claim |
51560 |
| 試掘者 |
しくつしゃ |
prospector |
51560 |
| 穿鑿 |
せんさく |
(n,vs) scrutiny; digging into; excavation; inquiry into; prying |
51560 |
| 掻い掘り |
かいぼり |
(n) drain a lake or pond |
51560 |
| 斧鑿 |
ふさく |
(n) (arch) lucubration; elaboration; chisel and ax |
51560 |
| 平鑿 |
へいさく |
flat chisel |
51560 |
| 墓穴を掘る |
ぼけつをほる |
(exp) to bring calamity upon oneself |
51560 |
| 鑿 |
のみ |
(n) chisel |
51560 |
| 鑿岩機 |
さくがんき |
(n) rock drill |
51560 |