抉る

抉じる

Reading

Kana: こじる

Romaji: kojiru

Definition

v5r

v1

vt

1

to pry; to prize; to prise

Note: 抉る is generally v5r, while 抉じる is v1

Note: word usually written using kana alone

Kanji

抉

Readings: ケツ、 えぐ.る、 こじ.る、 くじ.る

Meanings: gouge, hollow out, bore, pry

Example Sentence

傷(きず)を深(ふか)くえぐってはならない、傷(きず)を新(あら)たに作(つく)ることになるから。

➥Search not the wound too deep lest thou make a new one.