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ほる
Meanings
Verb (5-dan, る, transitive)
1. to dig; to excavate; to hollow
2. to delve into
3. to dig up (e.g. vegetables)
4. (for two men) to have anal sex
Alt. forms
掘ほる
82%
ほる
17%
Pitch accent
ほ
る
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Conjugations...Used in: 1107
Used in vocabulary (8 in total)
to dig your own grave; to bring calamity upon oneself; to put your foot in it
to perform anal sex; to bugger; to sodomize; to crash one's car into the back of another
to perform anal sex; to bugger; to sodomize; to crash one's car into the back of another
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Examples (18 in total)
Keep digging.
He dug a hole.
They're digging a hole.
Have you dug up potatoes?
One man was seen digging with his bare hands.
He dug a hole using a shovel.
They dug here and there for treasure.
How easy would it be to bore a tunnel through it?
They dug through the mountain and built a tunnel.
A new tunnel has been dug through the mountain.
That child dug a tunnel in the sandpit.
Tom dug a hole with a pick and a shovel.
The small dog dug a hole and buried his food in it.
The prisoner dug a hole under the prison wall.
The boy dug a grave for his dog that had died.
The boy dug a grave for his dead pet.
On colder days, they curl up or dig a hole in the snow.
Not a drop of rain fell for a month, so they had to dig a well.