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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 |
| 芋 |
いも |
(n) (1) (col) tuber; taro; potato; (2) yokel; bumpkin |
11561 |
| 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 |
| 芋虫 |
いもむし |
(n) green caterpillar |
30433 |
| 里芋 |
さといも |
(n) taro (potato) |
30433 |
| 山芋 |
やまいも |
(n) yam |
30552 |
| 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 |
| 試掘 |
しくつ |
(n) prospecting; trial digging |
31930 |
| 焼き芋 |
やきいも |
(n) roasted (baked) sweet potato |
32076 |
| 薩摩芋 |
さつまいも |
(n) sweet potato |
36884 |
| 長芋 |
ながいも |
(n) (Chinese) yam |
38888 |
| 種芋 |
たねいも |
(n) seed potato |
39920 |
| 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 |
| 大和芋 |
やまといも |
(n) variety of Japanese potato |
45436 |
| じゃが芋 |
じゃがいも |
(n) (uk) potato |
47205 |
| 芋頭 |
いもがしら |
(n) tubercle |
47205 |
| 芋茎 |
ずいき |
(n) taro stem |
48294 |
| 芋版 |
いもばん |
(n) stamp made with a potato |
48294 |
| 芋蔓式 |
いもづるしき |
(n) one after another |
48294 |
| 芋蔓 |
いもづる |
(n) sweet-potato vines |
49657 |
| とろろ芋 |
とろろいも |
(n) yam |
51560 |
| ジャガ芋 |
ジャガいも |
(n) (uk) potato |
51560 |
| 井戸掘り |
いどほり |
(n) well digging; well digger |
51560 |
| 芋貝 |
いもがい |
(n) cone shell |
51560 |
| 芋掘り |
いもほり |
(n) potato field (furrows) |
51560 |
| 芋侍 |
いもざむらい |
(n) rustic (boorish) samurai |
51560 |
| 芋堀り |
いもほり |
digging for potatoes |
51560 |
| 芋羊羹 |
いもようかん |
(n) (bar of) sweet-potato paste |
51560 |
| 芋羊羮 |
いもようかん |
sweet potato paste |
51560 |
| 海芋 |
かいう |
(n) calla |
51560 |
| 釜を掘る |
かまをほる |
(exp) (col) (uk) (vulg) to have gay sex; to sodomize |
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 |
| 焼芋 |
やきいも |
(n) roasted (baked) sweet potato |
51560 |
| 石焼き芋 |
いしやきいも |
(n) sweet potatoes baked in hot stones or pebbles |
51560 |
| 掻い掘り |
かいぼり |
(n) drain a lake or pond |
51560 |
| 墓穴を掘る |
ぼけつをほる |
(exp) to bring calamity upon oneself |
51560 |