Word Meaning 墓穴を掘る

ぼけつをほる boketsu o horu

墓穴を掘る is read as ぼけつをほる (boketsu o horu) and means to dig your own grave.

Meaning

English

  1. to dig your own grave
  2. to bring calamity upon oneself
  3. to put your foot in it

Reading

Kana

ぼけつをほる

Romaji

boketsu o horu

Stroke Sequence

5 Characters • 33 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Proverb Rank 141660 Priority W

Related Vocabulary

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墓穴

ぼけつ

grave (pit)

墓掘り

はかほり

gravedigger

横穴墓

よこあなぼ

tunnel tomb (Kofun period)

穴掘

あなほり

excavation

穴掘梟

あなほりふくろう

burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia)

墓地

ぼち

cemetery

墓参り

はかまいり

visit to a grave

墓所

ぼしょ

graveyard

はか

grave

墓石

ぼせき

tombstone

墓標

ぼひょう

writing on a headstone (name, date of death, etc.)