発掘|はっくつhakkutsu[0]heiban (flat)

JLPT N1approx.Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbexcavation; exhumation; digging up; unearthing
    新あたらしい遺跡いせきで未み発掘はっくつはいくつだったのですか。↗
    How many new sites were uncovered?
  2. noun, suru verb, transitive verbdiscovery (of a new fact, talent, etc.); finding; unearthing
Conjugation
Dictionary form発掘する(はっくつする)
Polite (masu)発掘します(はっくつします)
Negative (nai)発掘しない(はっくつしない)
polite (masen)発掘しません(はっくつしません)
classical zu / nu発掘せず・発掘せぬ(はっくつせず・はっくつせぬ)
Past (ta)発掘した(はっくつした)
polite (mashita)発掘しました(はっくつしました)
Past negative (nakatta)発掘しなかった(はっくつしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)発掘しませんでした(はっくつしませんでした)
Te form発掘して(はっくつして)
Potential発掘できる(はっくつできる)
Passive発掘される(はっくつされる)
Causative発掘させる(はっくつさせる)
Causative passive発掘させられる(はっくつさせられる)
Conditional (ba)発掘すれば(はっくつすれば)
tara発掘したら(はっくつしたら)
Volitional発掘しよう(はっくつしよう)
polite (mashou)発掘しましょう(はっくつしましょう)
Imperative発掘しろ(はっくつしろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Related採掘さいくつNeutralFor extracting minerals or oil, as in 「石炭採掘」; 「発掘」 is about unearthing ruins and artifacts, or figuratively finding talent.
  • Related掘削くっさくNeutralUsed for cutting tunnels and drilling, as in 「掘削工事」; 「発掘」 centers on digging up what is buried.
  • Related穴掘りあなほりNeutralDigging holes or pits; the most colloquial of these words. 「発掘」 is about excavating remains.
  • Antonym埋蔵まいぞうNeutralThe opposite of 「発掘」 in digging up versus burying: things are buried or hidden in the ground, or resources lie underground.
  • Antonym埋没まいぼつNeutralThe opposite of 「発掘」 on the discovery side: being buried and forgotten, unknown to the world.

「発掘」 is for excavating ruins and artifacts, and figuratively for finding talent (「人材発掘」). Use 「採掘」 for mining, 「掘削」 for tunnel and drilling work, and colloquial 「穴掘り」 for digging holes. Antonyms: 「埋蔵」 (buried underground) and 「埋没」 (buried and forgotten).

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

Japanese definitions
  1. 土つちの中なかに埋うずもれているものを掘り出ほりだすこと。
  2. 広ひろく知しられていない優良ゆうりょうな品物しなものや人材じんざいを見みつけること。
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