Word Meaning 発掘調査

はっくつちょうさ hakkutsuchousa

発掘調査 is read as はっくつちょうさ (hakkutsuchousa) and means excavation (usu. archeological).

Meaning

English

  1. excavation (usu. archeological)
  2. dig

Reading

Kana

はっくつちょうさ

Romaji

hakkutsuchousa

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 44 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 82840 Priority N

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

発達検査

はったつけんさ

developmental test

発掘

はっくつ

discovery (of a new fact, talent, etc.)

発掘現場

はっくつげんば

dig site

調査

ちょうさ

investigation

国勢調査

こくせいちょうさ

(national) census

市場調査

しじょうちょうさ

market research

再調査

さいちょうさ

re-examination

意識調査

いしきちょうさ

attitude survey

内部調査

ないぶちょうさ

internal inspection

事実調査

じじつちょうさ

fact-finding

立入調査

たちいりちょうさ

on-site investigation

実地調査

じっちちょうさ

site survey

Example Sentences

1

As evidenced by findings from the Iwajuku site to results of excavations around the country, a paleolithic culture did exist in the Japanese archipelago. However, there are almost no surviving artifacts of what could be termed plastic art.