抉る

Reading

Kana: くじる

Romaji: kujiru

Definition

v5r

vt

1

to stick into and move around; to dig around in; to pick (i.e. one's teeth)

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.