発掘 はっくつ excavation N1 #4,460 Meanings noun, takes する, transitive excavation; exhumation; digging up; unearthing discovery (of a new fact, talent, etc.); finding; unearthing Its kanji 発 ハツ、ホツ · た.つ、あば.く、おこ.る、つか.わす、はな.つ departure, discharge, publish, emit, start from, disclose, counter for gunshots 掘 クツ · ほ.る dig, delve, excavate