Illustration: Outside a Japanese castle, a broad water-filled ditch follows the angled base of tall stone ramparts and continues around their corner. A wooden bridge provides the crossing from the outer bank to a guarded gate.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

堀ほり

hori

moat

Example sentences

濠ほりは確認かくにんされていない。
No moat has been found.
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堀ほりは運河うんがとしても使つかわれ物流ぶつりゅうにも大おおきな役割やくわりを果はたしていた。
The moat was used as a canal and had an important role in the transport of goods.
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和議は堀の破却を条件に結ばれた。
A peace treaty was concluded on condition that the moats should be done away with.
KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 堀

堀ditch; moatOnクツKunほり

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