埋うめる
Meanings
Verb (1-dan, transitive)
1. to bury (e.g. in the ground)
If I die, I want to be buried here.
2. to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed
Huge numbers of fans filled the venue.
3. to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to bridge (a difference, a gap); to fill (a seat, a vacant position); to fill out (a form, a sheet)
To win, you need something that can bridge the gap in ability.
4. to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends; to compensate for
I will make up the shortfall.
5. to put cold water (in a bath)
6. to cover; to scatter something over
I covered the wall with photos.
Kanji used
to fill up (a hole)
Pitch accent
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Top 1700
Used in vocabulary (5 in total)
to fill in a hole; to plug a gap (money, personnel, etc.); to make up for a deficiency; to cover a deficit
to remove obstacles in the way of one's objective; to take an indirect approach; (lit.) to fill in the outer moat
to bury in the ground
Examples (21 in total)
Fill in the blanks.
I covered the wall with photos.
They buried him in his grave.