Word Meaning 土竜打ち

もぐらうち mogurauchi

土竜打ち is read as もぐらうち (mogurauchi) and means driving away moles by hitting the ground with straw bundles prepared by children (esp. as an event on Koshōgatsu).

Meaning

English

driving away moles by hitting the ground with straw bundles prepared by children (esp. as an event on Koshōgatsu)

Reading

Kana

もぐらうち

Romaji

mogurauchi

Writing Variants

もぐら打ち もぐらうち mogurauchi

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 20 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 準2級 Rank 68034 Priority K

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

土竜

むぐら

mole (Talpidae spp., esp. the small Japanese mole, Mogera imaizumii)

土竜塚

もぐらづか

molehill

土竜叩き

もぐらたたき

(game of) whack-a-mole

東部土竜

とうぶもぐら

eastern mole (Scalopus aquaticus)

西部土竜

せいぶもぐら

Townsend's mole (Scapanus townsendii)

東土竜

あずまもぐら

small Japanese mole (Mogera imaizumii)

金土竜

きんもぐら

golden mole (Chrysochloridae spp.)

薄色西部土竜

うすいろせいぶもぐら

broad-footed mole (Scapanus latimanus)

佐渡土竜

さどもぐら

Sado mole (Mogera tokudae)

針土竜

はりもぐら

short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossidae spp.)

姫西部土竜

ひめせいぶもぐら

coast mole (Scapanus orarius)

タイ土竜

たいもぐら

Kloss's mole (Euroscaptor klossi)