うめる 【埋める】
Define うめる umeru Meaning ウメル
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うめる【埋める】
(Common Ichidan verb, transitive)
- To bury (e.g. in the ground)
- To fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); To cause to be packed
- To plug (a gap); To stop (a gap); To bridge (a difference, a gap); To fill (a seat, a vacant position); To fill out
- To make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); To make amends; To compensate for
- To put cold water (in a bath)
- To cover; To scatter something over
いきうめる【生き埋める】
(Ichidan verb)
- To bury (somebody) alive
あきをうめる【空きを埋める】
(Expression)
- To fill a gap
つちにうめる【土に埋める】
(Expression)
- To bury in the ground
あなをうめる【穴を埋める】
(Expression)
- To fill in a hole; To plug up a hole; To fill in for a vacancy
そとぼりをうめる【外堀を埋める】
(Expression)
- To remove obstacles in the way of one's objective
— Idiomatic expression