根掘り葉掘り

根ほり葉ほり、 根堀り葉堀り

Reading

Kana: ねほりはほり

Romaji: nehorihahori

Definition

exp

adv

1

thoroughly; persistently; through-and-through

Kanji

根

Readings: コン、 ね、 -ね

Meanings: root, radical, head (pimple)

掘

Readings: クツ、 ほ.る

Meanings: dig, delve, excavate

葉

Readings: ヨウ、 は

Meanings: leaf, plane, lobe, needle, blade, spear, counter for flat things, fragment, piece

堀

Readings: クツ、 ほり

Meanings: ditch, moat, canal