採掘

さいくつ · saikutsu · JLPT N1 · noun

mining

⛏️ 採 = pick, pluck + 掘 = dig, excavate: picking and digging the earth = mining

採 means to pick or gather, and 掘 means to dig or excavate. Together they describe extracting resources from the ground, which is mining.

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