Keyword
dig
Info
FrequencyTop 1400-1500
Type
Jōyō 
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KankenLevel 4
Heisig1141
Readings
(73%)
くつ
(23%)
くっ
(2%)
Composed of
left hand
bend
Used in vocabulary (104 in total)
to dig; to excavate; to delve into; to dig up (e.g. vegetables); (for two men) to have anal sex
excavation; exhumation; discovery (e.g. new talent)
to dig up; to turn up; to tear up; to rake up (e.g. old scandal); to dig over
to dig up; to unearth; to uncover
to dig out; to pick up
inquisitively; pryingly; nosily; thoroughly; persistently; through-and-through
to dig down; to dig into (a matter); to delve into; to probe into
to dig your own grave; to bring calamity upon oneself; to put your foot in it
to burrow through; to dig through
(lucky) find; bargain; good buy; treasure trove
digging out; excavation
excavation; digging
to strike (gold, oil, etc.); to find (e.g. buried treasure); to dig up
hut; shanty; hovel; house built directly into the ground with no supporting stones
illegal digging; illegal mining; grave robbing; tomb robbing
to dig through; to drill into; to excavate
digging deeply (below the surface); mining deep; probing deeply (issue, problem); investigating thoroughly; deepening relations
excavation (usu. archeological); dig
dig site; excavation site
canal; waterway; ditch
gravedigger
to work out (a mine); to exhaust (vein of ore)
hut; shanty; hovel; house built directly into the ground with no supporting stones
digging for sweet potatoes (esp. as an outing); sweet potato digger
hut; shanty; hovel; house built directly into the ground with no supporting stones
well digging; well digger
to dig up; to unearth; to uncover
sunken kotatsu; low table over a hole in the floor (may have a heat source underneath and a hanging quilt to retain warmth)
to dig into
to strike (gold, oil, etc.); to find (e.g. buried treasure); to dig up
to dig out; to pick up
prospecting; trial digging
open-cut or open-air (strip) mining
to dig down; to dig into (a matter); to delve into; to probe into
(lucky) find; bargain; good buy; treasure trove
to undermine; to sap; to dig away
excavation team; dig team
to work out (a mine); to exhaust (vein of ore)
sunken kotatsu; low table over a hole in the floor (may have a heat source underneath and a hanging quilt to retain warmth)
to dig up; to turn up; to tear up; to rake up (e.g. old scandal); to dig over
to perform anal sex; to bugger; to sodomize; to crash one's car into the back of another
erection of a pillar by sinking it directly into the ground
artesian well; tapped well
canal; waterway; ditch
to dig into
excavation; digging
canal; waterway; ditch
digging out; excavation
to dig down; to dig into (a matter); to delve into; to probe into
hut; shanty; hovel; house built directly into the ground with no supporting stones
artesian well; tapped well
to dig up; to unearth; to uncover
erection of a pillar by sinking it directly into the ground
tunnelling (through); excavation; drilling; boring
to perform anal sex (between men); to bugger; to sodomize; to crash a car into the back of another (usu. used in the passive voice); to rear-end
to dig into
to dig through; to drill into; to excavate
erection of a pillar by sinking it directly into the ground
to perform anal sex (between men); to bugger; to sodomize; to crash a car into the back of another (usu. used in the passive voice); to rear-end
draining a pond, lake, or ditch (esp. to remove fish, purify water, etc.); cleaning a well
sunken kotatsu; low table over a hole in the floor (may have a heat source underneath and a hanging quilt to retain warmth)
to each their own; different strokes for different folks; cut your coat to suit your cloth; (lit.) a crab digs a hole like its own shell
draining a pond, lake, or ditch (esp. to remove fish, purify water, etc.); cleaning a well
draining a pond, lake, or ditch (esp. to remove fish, purify water, etc.); cleaning a well
Scaphopoda (class of molluscs comprising the tooth shells)
sunken kotatsu; low table over a hole in the floor (may have a heat source underneath and a hanging quilt to retain warmth)
to perform anal sex; to bugger; to sodomize; to crash one's car into the back of another
prospecting rights; mining claim
to strike (gold, oil, etc.); to find (e.g. buried treasure); to dig up
sunken kotatsu; low table over a hole in the floor (may have a heat source underneath and a hanging quilt to retain warmth)
digging for sweet potatoes (esp. as an outing); sweet potato digger
erection of a pillar by sinking it directly into the ground
open-cut or open-air (strip) mining
to perform anal sex; to bugger; to sodomize; to crash one's car into the back of another
artesian well; tapped well
to perform anal sex (between men); to bugger; to sodomize; to crash a car into the back of another (usu. used in the passive voice); to rear-end
to perform anal sex (between men); to bugger; to sodomize; to crash a car into the back of another (usu. used in the passive voice); to rear-end
draining a pond, lake, or ditch (esp. to remove fish, purify water, etc.); cleaning a well
over-mining (of coal)
ditching machine
pillar sunk into the ground
pillar sunk into the ground
open-pit coal mine; open-cut coal mine
open-pit coal mine; open-cut coal mine
to dig up lotus roots
bareback sex (esp. male gay); unprotected sex
tunnel boring machine; TBM
exploratory excavation; prospecting
uneducated monk; ignorant monk; (lit.) potato-digging monk
to fail to make timely preparations; (lit.) to not dig a well until one is thirsty
burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia)
Examples (33 in total)
They're digging a hole.
Keep digging.
The dog was digging a hole.