Word Meaning 竪堀

たてぼり tatebori

竪堀 is read as たてぼり (tatebori) and means ascending trench or pathway cut into a naturally-occurring slope.

Meaning

English

  1. ascending trench or pathway cut into a naturally-occurring slope

Reading

Kana

たてぼり

Romaji

tatebori

Writing Variants

  • 縦堀 たてぼり tatebori

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 25 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

ほり

canal

外堀

そとぼり

outer moat (of a castle)

内堀

うちぼり

inner moat

釣り堀

つりぼり

fish pond (artificially stocked)

用水堀

ようすいぼり

irrigation ditch

空堀

からぼり

dry moat

横堀

よこぼり

moat

堀川

ほりかわ

canal

堀江

ほりえ

canal

堀端

ほりばた

side of a moat

小堀流

こぼりりゅう

kobori

堀割

ほりわり

canal