N21038/1725

彫ほる

obsolete readingrarely used kanji formgodan verbgodan verb (archaic)verb (generic)transitive verb

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ほる

Meanings

to carve, to engrave, to sculpt, to chisel
to tattoo

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Example sentences

彼かれは木きに名前なまえを彫ほった。

He carved his name into the wood.

職人しょくにんが石いしに模様もようを彫ほっている。

The craftsman is engraving a pattern into the stone.

この仏像ぶつぞうは熟練じゅくれんした彫刻師ちょうこくしが木きを彫ほって作つくったものだ。

This Buddhist statue was made by a skilled sculptor who carved wood.

細こまかい文字もじを石板せきばんに彫ほるのは非常ひじょうに難むずかしい技術ぎじゅつだ。

Engraving fine characters into a stone slab is an extremely difficult skill.

伝統的でんとうてきな版画はんがでは、職人しょくにんが木きの板いたに絵柄えがらを彫ほらなければならない。

In traditional woodblock printing, craftsmen must carve the design into a wooden board.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)