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埋める うめる N2

  1. to bury (e.g. in the ground)
  2. to cause to be packed; to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall)
  3. to bridge (a difference, a gap); to fill (a seat, a vacant position); to fill out (a form, a sheet); to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap)
  4. to compensate for; to make amends; to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.)
  5. to put cold water (in a bath)
  6. to cover; to scatter something over

埋める うずめる N1

  1. to bury (e.g. one's face in hands); to cover; to submerge
  2. to cram; to fill (completely); to fill up; to pack; to stuff

生き埋める いきうめる

  1. to bury (someone) alive

空きを埋める あきをうめる

  1. to fill a gap

土に埋める つちにうめる

  1. to bury in the ground

骨を埋める ほねをうずめる

  1. to make (a place) one's final resting place; to make (somewhere) one's final home
  2. to devote (the rest of) one's life to (something); to do (something) for the rest of one's life

穴を埋める あなをうめる

  1. to fill in a hole
  2. to cover a deficit; to make up for a deficiency; to plug a gap (money, personnel, etc.)

外堀を埋める そとぼりをうめる

  1. to fill in the outer moat; to remove obstacles in the way of one's objective; to take an indirect approach
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