ほる
Meanings
Verb (5-dan, る, transitive)
1. to dig; to excavate; to hollow
Come on, let's dig around a bit too.
2. to delve into
3. to dig up (vegetables, treasure, etc.); to mine (coal, ore, etc.)
4. to top; to take the active role in anal sex (with another man)
If the other guy turns out to be the one who takes charge, does that mean I'm the one getting fucked?
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (6 in total)
to dig one's own grave; to bring calamity upon oneself; to make a rod for one's own back
to perform anal sex (between men); to bugger; to sodomize; to crash a car into the back of another; to rear-end
to perform anal sex (between men); to bugger; to sodomize; to crash a car into the back of another; to rear-end
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
to fail to make timely preparations; (lit.) to not dig a well until one is thirsty
to dig up lotus roots
Examples (23 in total)
Keep digging.
They're digging a hole.
Have you dug up potatoes?