| 井戸掘り | いどほり
| (n) well digging/well digger/ |
| 芋掘り | いもほり
| (n) potato field (furrows)/(P)/ |
| 釜を掘る | かまをほる | (v5) (col) (uk) (vulg) to have gay sex/to
sodomize/ |
| 溝掘り機 | みぞほりき
| ditching machine/ |
| 根掘り葉掘り | ねほりはほり | (adv,exp)
thoroughly/persistently/through-and-through/(P)/ |
| 採掘 | さいくつ
| (n) mining/(P)/ |
| 採掘権 | さいくつけん | (n) mining rights/ |
| 試掘 | しくつ
| (n) prospecting/trial digging/ |
| 試掘権 | しくつけん | (n) prospecting rights/mining claim/ |
| 試掘者 | しくつしゃ | prospector/ |
| 掻い掘り
| かいぼり | (n) drain
a lake or pond/ |
| 盗掘 | とうくつ | (n) illegal digging/ |
| 発掘 | はっくつ
| (n,vs) excavation/exhumation/(P)/ |
| 墓穴を掘る | ぼけつをほる | (v5) to bring calamity upon oneself/ |
| 乱掘 | らんくつ
| (n) over-mining (of coal)/ |
| 露天掘り | ろてんぼり | (n) open-cut or open-air (strip) mining/ |
Japanese - English dictionary courtesy of Jim Breen.
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