Keyword
moat
Info
FrequencyTop 2100-2200
Type
Jōyō 
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KankenLevel Pre-2
Heisig1142
Readings
ほり
(75%)
ぼり
(24%)
Composed of
earth
bend
Used in vocabulary (34 in total)
moat; fosse; canal; ditch
outer moat (of a castle)
to remove obstacles in the way of one's objective
fish pond (artificially stocked); fishing pond
inner moat; moat within the castle walls
side of a moat
canal; waterway; ditch
fish pond (artificially stocked); fishing pond
leaving somebody behind; abandoning someone; marooning someone
moat; horizontal trench
inquisitively; pryingly; nosily; thoroughly; persistently; through-and-through
ascending trench or pathway cut into a naturally-occurring slope
to dig up; to turn up; to tear up; to rake up (e.g. old scandal); to dig over
canal; waterway; ditch
to dig through; to drill into; to excavate
kobori; swimming while wearing armor
digging for sweet potatoes (esp. as an outing); sweet potato digger
(lucky) find; bargain; good buy; treasure trove
canal; waterway; ditch
to work out (a mine); to exhaust (vein of ore)
ascending trench or pathway cut into a naturally-occurring slope
pocket gopher
to dig up messily
potato field (furrows)
man-made water channel (e.g. round a castle); artificial trench; moat
man-made water channel (e.g. round a castle); artificial trench; moat
Horita Station (Nagoya Municipal Subway)
burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia)