Lingakuえぐる
Frequency rank: 14,402. – 14,456. (for form くる: 1,397.)
- to gouge; to hollow out; to bore; to excavate; to scoop outword usually written using kana alone
- to greatly perturb; to cause emotional painonly applies to えぐるword usually written using kana alone
- to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to lightonly applies to えぐるword usually written using kana alone
Godan verb with 'ru' ending; transitive verb
Forms
- えぐるFrequency rank: 14,402. – 14,456.
- 抉る【えぐる】Frequency rank: 6,520. – 6,525.
- 刳る【えぐる】【くる】
- 剔る【えぐる】
- くるFrequency rank: 1,397.
Generated definitions (experimental)
- to gouge; to hollow out; to bore; to excavate; to scoop out
- to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain
- to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light
This meaning refers to physically removing material or creating a hollow space in an object. It can be used literally, such as in construction or craft, or metaphorically in certain contexts.
This meaning involves causing someone to feel deep emotional distress or discomfort. It is often used in contexts where someone's feelings are significantly hurt or disturbed.
This meaning is used when someone is determined to uncover the truth behind a situation or issue, often involving investigation and persistence.
Generated collocations (experimental)
えぐることgouging; hollowing outこころ心をえぐるto greatly perturb the heart; to cause emotional painしんじつ真実をえぐるto get to the bottom of the truth; to relentlessly bring the truth to lightえぐりだすえぐり出すto excavate; to scoop outかんじょう感情をえぐるto dig into emotions; to cause emotional painえぐるようなことば言葉words that gouge; painful wordsふかく深くえぐるto deeply gouge; to profoundly disturbこころ心をえぐりとるえぐり取るto tear out the heart; to inflict deep emotional painもんだい問題をえぐりだすえぐり出すto bring the problem to light; to uncover the issueえぐられたきず傷gouged wound; deep emotional scars
Wiktionary definitions (experimental)
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