Onyomi: マイ · Kunyomi: い.ける, う.まる, う.める, う.もれる, うず.まる, うず.める · Meanings: be filled up, bury, embedded
Kanji for be filled up, bury, embedded
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埋 has the earth radical 土 on the left, showing it relates to ground or soil. On the right is 里, which means village. Something buried is hidden inside the earth, just like something placed deep within a village. From the idea of putting something into the ground, 埋 came to mean bury or fill in.
Putting something into the earth is 埋.
Imagine digging into the ground (土) near a village (里) and hiding something inside. Covering it with dirt is 埋 — to bury.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 埋める | うめる | to bury (e.g. in the ground) | common JLPT-N2 Ichidan verb, Transitive verb |
| 埋蔵 | まいぞう | burying in the ground | common JLPT-N1 Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb |
| 埋葬 | まいそう | burial | common Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no' |
| 埋まる | うまる | to be buried, to be covered, to be surrounded | common JLPT-N1 Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Intransitive verb |
| 埋め合わせ | うめあわせ | compensation | Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb |
| 埋め合わせる | うめあわせる | to make up for, to compensate for, to offset | Ichidan verb, Transitive verb |
| 埋没 | まいぼつ | being buried | Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb |
| 埋め合わす | うめあわす | to make up for, to compensate for, to offset | Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verb |
| 埋もれ木 | うもれぎ | bogwood, bog oak | Noun |
| 埋め立て地 | うめたてち | reclaimed land | common Noun |
| 埋める | うずめる | to cover, to bury (e.g. one's face in hands), to submerge | common Ichidan verb, Transitive verb |
| 埋もれる | うもれる | to be buried, to be covered, to be hidden | Ichidan verb, Intransitive verb |
| 埋め込む | うめこむ | to bury, to embed, to implant | JLPT-N1 Godan verb with 'mu' ending, Transitive verb |
| 埋め立て | うめたて | land reclamation | common Noun |
| 埋設 | まいせつ | laying underground (e.g. cables), burying (e.g. pipe) | Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb |