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井戸掘り

いどほり
well digging; well digger
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芋掘り

藷掘り、芋堀り
いもほり
digging for sweet potatoes (esp. as an outing); sweet potato digger
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釜を掘る

かまをほる
to perform anal sex; to bugger; to sodomize; to sodomise; to crash one's car into the back of another
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掘っ立て小屋

掘っ建て小屋、掘建て小屋、掘立小屋
ほったてごや
hut; shanty; hovel; shack; house built directly into the ground with no supporting stones
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掘り井戸

掘井戸
ほりいど
a well
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掘り出し物

掘出し物、堀り出し物
ほりだしもの
(lucky) find; bargain; good buy; treasure trove
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蟹は甲羅に似せて穴を掘る

exp
かにはこうらににせてあなをほる
to each their own; different strokes for different folks; cut your coat to suit your cloth; a crab digs a hole like its own shell
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掘り進む

v5m
ほりすすむ
to burrow through; to dig through
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掘り尽くす

掘りつくす、堀りつくす
ほりつくす
to work out (a mine); to exhaust (vein of ore)
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掘っ立て

掘っ建て、掘立て、掘建て
ほったて
erection of a pillar by sinking it directly into the ground