dig, delve, excavate

Radicals

Common words

• 掘る【ほる】
  to dig, to excavate, to hollow, to delve into, to dig up (e.g. vegetables), (for two men) to have anal sex
• 掘削【くっさく】
  digging out, excavation
• 採掘【さいくつ】
  mining
• 井戸掘り【いどほり】
  well digging, well digger
• 盗掘【とうくつ】
  illegal digging, illegal mining, grave robbing, tomb robbing
• 試掘【しくつ】
  prospecting, trial digging
• 掘り出し物【ほりだしもの】
  (lucky) find, bargain, good buy, treasure trove
• 掘り起こす【ほりおこす】
  to dig up, to unearth, to uncover
• 掘り下げる【ほりさげる】
  to dig down, to dig into (a matter), to delve into, to probe into, to investigate, to get to the bottom of
• 掘り当てる【ほりあてる】
  to strike (gold, oil, etc.), to find (e.g. buried treasure), to dig up
• 掘り出す【ほりだす】
  to dig out, to pick up
• 掘り返す【ほりかえす】
  to dig up, to turn up, to tear up, to rake up (e.g. old scandal), to dig over
• 発掘【はっくつ】
  excavation, exhumation, digging up, unearthing, discovery (of a new fact, talent, etc.), finding, unearthing