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埋める

うずめる

Readings

うずめる

Meanings

  1. 1.
    v1, vtto cover; to bury (e.g. one's face in hands); to submerge
  2. 2.
    v1, vtto fill (completely); to stuff; to pack; to cram; to fill up

Kanji breakdown

埋
N410 strokesGrade 8

Example sentences

けいこは枕に顔をうずめて泣いた。

Keiko buried her head in the pillow and cried.

昨夜、約８万人の観衆がスタジアムをうずめた。

About eighty thousand spectators packed into the stadium last night.

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埋めるうずめる

to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends

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