埋める

Reading

Kana: うめる

Romaji: umeru

Definitions

v1

vt

1

to bury (e.g. in the ground)

2

to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed

3

to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to bridge (a difference, a gap); to fill (a seat, a vacant position); to fill out

4

to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends; to compensate for

5

to put cold water (in a bath)

6

to cover; to scatter something over

Kanji

埋

Readings: マイ、 う.める、 う.まる、 う.もれる、 うず.める、 うず.まる、 い.ける

Meanings: bury, be filled up, embedded

Example Sentences

空所(そらしょ)を埋(う)めろ。

➥Fill in the blanks.

家(いえ)の犬(いぬ)は庭(にわ)に骨(ほね)を埋(う)める。

➥Our dog buries its bones in the garden.

犬(いぬ)はよく骨(ほね)を地面(じめん)に埋(う)める。

➥Dogs often bury bones.

彼(かれ)を墓(はか)に埋(う)めた。

➥They buried him in his grave.

海賊(かいぞく)は宝(たから)を地中(ちちゅう)に埋(う)めた。

➥The pirates buried their treasure in the ground.

群衆(ぐんしゅう)がホールをうめつくした。

➥The crowd filled the hall.