堀 – Vocabulary details

堀ほり

Meanings

Noun

1. moat; fosse

本ほん当とうに、敵てきはどうやってこのような堀ほりを造つくったのだ？Really, how did the enemy build a moat like this?

2. canal; ditch

Alt. forms

Kanji used

堀

moat

Pitch accent

ほ

り

Used in: 751

Used in vocabulary (10 in total)

堀ほり川かわ

canal

堀ほり江え

canal

堀ほり割わり

canal; waterway; ditch

堀ほり割わり

canal; waterway; ditch

堀ほり散ちらす

to dig up messily

穴あな堀ほり梟ふくろう

burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia)

堀ほり切きり

man-made water channel (e.g. round a castle); artificial trench; moat

堀ほり切きり

man-made water channel (e.g. round a castle); artificial trench; moat

堀ほり内うち公こう園えん駅えき

Horiuchikōen Station

堀ほり田た駅えき

Horita Station (Nagoya Municipal Subway)

Examples (4 in total)

街まちを守まもる堀ほりと壁かべとで囲かこまれている。

It is surrounded by a moat and walls that protect the town.

本ほん当とうに、敵てきはどうやってこのような堀ほりを造つくったのだ？

Really, how did the enemy build a moat like this?

街まちをぐるりと囲かこむ様ように、堀ほりが作つくられた。

A moat was dug all the way around the town.