穿つ

Japanese

Kanji in this term
穿
うが
Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

Verb

穿つ (godan conjugation, hiragana うがつ, rōmaji ugatsu)

  1. to bore, to drill, to pierce
    雨垂 (あまだ)れ石 (いし)を穿 (うが)つ。
    Amadare ishi o ugatsu.
    Raindrops wear away stone.
  2. (figuratively) to go to the heart of the matter, to be astute, to understand, to guess correctly
    真 (しん)を穿 (うが)つ
    shin o ugatsu
    hit the mark; understand the truth
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