Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verbdigging out; excavation

Nounpocket gopher

Nouncanal; waterway; ditch

Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verbtunnelling (through); excavation; drilling; boring

Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verbmining

Nounexcavator

Nounpillar sunk into the ground

NounScaphopoda (class of molluscs comprising the tooth shells)

Noundrillship

Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verbto dig out; to pick up

Godan verb with 'ku' ending, Transitive verbto dig through; to drill into; to excavate

Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verbto dig up; to turn up; to tear up · to rake up (e.g. old scandal); to dig over

Nouna well

Godan verb with 'mu' endingto burrow through; to dig through

Nounerection of a pillar by sinking it directly into the ground

Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verbto undermine; to sap; to dig away

Godan verb with 'mu' ending, Transitive verbto dig into

Ichidan verb, Transitive verbto dig down · to dig into (a matter); to delve into; to probe into; to investigate; to get to the bottom of

Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verbto dig up; to unearth; to uncover

Ichidan verb, Transitive verbto strike (gold, oil, etc.); to find (e.g. buried treasure); to dig up

Noun(lucky) find; bargain; good buy; treasure trove

Nounsunken kotatsu; low table over a hole in the floor (may have a heat source underneath and a hanging quilt to retain warmth)

Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verbto work out (a mine); to exhaust (vein of ore)

Nounpost in ground (construction); structure supported by posts sunk into the ground; earthfast

Nounartesian well; tapped well

Nounhut; shanty; hovel; shack · house built directly into the ground with no supporting stones