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40 内堀 Inner Moat

Part of Speech

Noun

Reading

うちぼり

  • Kyoko(Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi(Tokyo accent, male)

Context Sentence

私は彼を内堀に通すために道をあけた。

I stepped aside to let him pass through to the inner moat.

Meaning Explanation

The inside ditch is the inner ditch, or, if you make it awesome enough, the inner moat. If they get through the outer moat, we have the inner one, at least!

Reading Explanation

The reading is the kun'yomi / vocab readings of these kanji. 内 + 堀 added into one word.

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