Keyword
to fill up (a hole)
- bury
- be filled up
- embedded
- Frequency
- #1110
- Strokes
- 10
- Grade
- 8
- JLPT (old)
- N2
- Heisig
- 191
Readings
う58%
マイ25%
うず17%
Mnemonic
Shovel the earth from the home village back into the pit to fill up (a hole) before dark.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
埋める
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to bridge (a difference, a gap); to fill (a seat, a vacant position); to fill out (a form, a sheet); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends; …
Ichidan verb
埋める
to cover; to bury (e.g. one's face in hands); to submerge; to fill (completely); to stuff; to pack; to cram; to fill up
Ichidan verb
穴埋め
filling (up) a hole; filling in (for a gap, vacancy, etc.); stopgap; filler (e.g. article); making up (for a loss, damage, etc.); covering (a deficit); compensation; fill-in-the-blank activity; cloze test (i.e. text with words removed)
Noun
埋まる
to be buried; to be covered; to be surrounded; to overflow; to be crowded; to be filled; to be repaid (e.g. debt); to be replenished; to be filled (e.g. blank, vacancy, schedule)
Godan verb
埋没
being buried; remaining unknown; being forgotten; being absorbed (e.g. in research); being immersed
Noun