根掘り葉掘り

ねほりはほり

thoroughly, persistently, through-and-through

ごつごつ

rugged, scraggy, angular

墓掘り

はかほり

gravedigger

芋掘り

いもほり

digging for sweet potatoes (esp. as an outing)

生掘り

なまほり

bareback sex (esp. male gay), unprotected sex

穴掘り

excavation; digging

ごたつく

ごたつく

to be confused, to be in disorder

ごりごり

scraping, scratching

掘り崩す

ほりくずす

to undermine, to sap, to dig away

掘り込む

ほりこむ

to carve into, to cut into, to dig into

溝掘り機

みぞほりき

ditching machine

掘り進む

ほりすすむ

to burrow through, to dig through

井戸掘り

いどほり

well digging, well digger

坑内掘り

こうないぼり

pit mining

掘り井戸

ほりいど

a well

掘り出す

ほりだす

to dig out, to pick up

掘り返す

ほりかえす

to dig up, to turn up, to tear up

露天掘り

ろてんぼり

open-cut or open-air (strip) mining

掘り抜く

ほりぬく

to dig through, to drill into, to excavate