埋める

• 読み: うずめる
• ローマ字: uzumeru
• 漢字の分解: 埋 (u/mai) — bury, fill
• 発音: /ɯ.zɯ.me.ɾɯ/

意味

To bury; to fill up. To place something underground or to fill a gap or empty space.

A Group 2 (ichidan) verb with the reading うずめる, conjugated by dropping る. Used for physically burying objects in earth, filling seats in a venue, or figuratively closing a gap (差を埋める). Related to 埋まる (uzumaru, to be buried — intransitive). Also read as うめる with similar meanings.

例文

1. 庭にタイムカプセルを埋めた。
2. コンサートの席は全て埋められた。
3. 二つのチームの差を埋めるのは難しい。

使い方ガイド

場面: daily life, events, figurative

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

The kanji 埋 combines 土 (tsuchi, earth) and 里 (ri, village/inside), suggesting something placed deep within the ground. An ancient concept tied to burial and agricultural practices.

文化的背景

時代: Classical

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal