ほじる – vocab dash

ほじる

Meanings

Godan verb

Transitive verb

1. to dig up; to dig out; to pick (nose, teeth, etc.); to clean (ears) (Usually kana, Colloquial)

2. to pry into; to examine closely; to dredge up (Usually kana, Colloquial)

Other readings

Pitch accent

ほじる

Examples4

審しん判ぱんの方かたをちらりと睨にらむが、審しん判ぱんは涼すずしい顔かおして鼻はなクソをほじっていやがった。「ちくしょう、八百長やおちょうかよ・・・」

I shot a look in the referee's direction, but he was putting on a calm face while picking his nose. "Dammit, the fight's a fixup!?"

私わたしの前まえで歯はをほじるな。

Don't pick your teeth in front of me.

鼻はなをほじるな。

Don't pick your nose.

「思し春しゅん期きの少しょう年ねんにとって、鼻はなをほじくることは普ふ通つうの行こう動どうである」という医い学がく的てき発はっ見けんを突つき止とめた。

It was determined that the picking of one's nose is a completely normal act for adolescent boys.