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掘る ほる N2

  1. to dig; to excavate; to hollow
  2. to delve into
  3. to dig up (vegetables, treasure, etc.); to mine (coal, ore, etc.)
  4. to take the active role in anal sex (with another man); to top

かまを掘る かまをほる

  1. to bugger; to perform anal sex (between men); to sodomise; to sodomize
  2. to crash a car into the back of another; to rear-end

墓穴を掘る ぼけつをほる

  1. to bring calamity upon oneself; to dig one's own grave; to make a rod for one's own back

おかまを掘る おかまをほる

  1. to bugger; to perform anal sex (between men); to sodomise; to sodomize
  2. to crash a car into the back of another; to rear-end

蓮根掘る はすねほる

  1. to dig up lotus roots

蟹は甲羅に似せて穴を掘る かにはこうらににせてあなをほる

  1. a crab digs a hole like its own shell; cut your coat to suit your cloth; different strokes for different folks; to each their own

渇に臨みて井を掘る かつにのぞみていをほる

  1. to fail to make timely preparations; to not dig a well until one is thirsty
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