Illustration: Inside a supported underground mine in Japan, a helmeted worker operates a compact drill against a clearly exposed mineral-bearing seam. Broken chunks from that same seam lie in a loading bucket, and another worker guides the filled bucket toward a waiting ore cart.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

採さい掘くつ

saikutsu

mining, extraction

Example sentences

  1. 彼かれらは石油せきゆの採掘さいくつを行おこなうつもりだった。

    They intended to drill for oil.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 採掘さいくつ場じょうが爆発ばくはつした時とき、中なかには誰だれもいなかった。

    There was no one in the mine when it blew up.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 鉄てつのツルハシかそれ以上いじょうのものがないと、ダイヤモンドの採掘さいくつはできません。

    You can’t mine diamonds without an iron pickaxe or better.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 採掘

  • 採pick; takeOnサイKunとる
  • 掘dig; delveOnクツKunほる

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