掘り出す

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: S

Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Etymology

() (horu, to dig, excavate) + () (dasu, to take out)

Pronunciation

Verb

()() • (horidasugodan (stem ()() (horidashi), past ()()した (horidashita))

  1. to dig up (something in the ground)
    Synonym: ()()こす (horiokosu)
    植物(しょくぶつ)()っこを()()shokubutsu no nekko o horidasuto dig up the roots of a plant
  2. to acquire (something rare or valuable) by chance or at little cost

Conjugation

Conjugation of "掘り出す" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 掘り出さ ほりださ horidasa
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 掘り出し ほりだし horidashi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 掘り出す ほりだす horidasu
Rentaikei ("attributive") 掘り出す ほりだす horidasu
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 掘り出せ ほりだせ horidase
Meireikei ("imperative") 掘り出せ ほりだせ horidase
Key constructions
Passive 掘り出される ほりだされる horidasareru
Causative 掘り出させる
掘り出さす
ほりださせる
ほりださす
horidasaseru
horidasasu
Potential 掘り出せる ほりだせる horidaseru
Volitional 掘り出そう ほりだそう horidasō
Negative 掘り出さない ほりださない horidasanai
Negative continuative 掘り出さず ほりださず horidasazu
Formal 掘り出します ほりだします horidashimasu
Perfective 掘り出した ほりだした horidashita
Conjunctive 掘り出して ほりだして horidashite
Hypothetical conditional 掘り出せば ほりだせば horidaseba

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (2016), NHK日本語発音アクセント新辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  3. 3.0 3.1 Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2020), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Eighth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN