ほる【掘る】
- 1〔穴をあける〕dig
- 地面に深い穴を掘った
- He dug a deep hole in the ground.
- 井戸[池]を掘る
- dig a well [pond]
- 山を掘ってトンネルを作っている
- They are digging [boring] a tunnel through the mountain.
- 2〔取り出す〕dig (up)
- 芋を掘っていた
- He was digging (up) potatoes.
- この山の石炭はもう掘り尽くされた
- This coal mine has been exhausted./There's no more coal in this mine.