ね
根
ほ
掘
　
り
は
葉
ほ
掘
　
り

expression, adverb

  1. inquisitively, pryingly, nosily, thoroughly, persistently, through-and-through.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
ね
根
ほ
掘
　
り
は
葉
ほ
掘
　
り
 根掘り葉掘り ねほりはほり ✔
ね
根
　
ほ
　
り
は
葉
　
ほ
　
り
 根ほり葉ほり ねほりはほり
ね
根
ほ
堀
　
り
は
葉
ほ
堀
　
り
 根堀り葉堀り ねほりはほり

Contained Kanji Breakdown

root, radical, head (pimple)
ね　コン (3rd, N2)
tree, wood
き　モク　こ- (1st, N5)
northeast (Oriental zodiac), stopping, good radical (no. 138)
うしとら　コン (Kentei Pre-1)
day, sun, Japan
ひ　にっ　ニチ (1st, N5)
garment, clothes, dressing
イ　ころも　きぬ (4th, N2)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
garment(衣) variant
dig, delve, excavate
ほ.る　クツ　ぼり (7th, N2)
hand, hand radical (no. 64)
シュ
yield, bend, flinch
クツ　くっ　かが.む (7th, N1)
corpse, remains, flag radical (no. 44)
シ　かたしろ (Kentei 1)
exit, leave, go out
で.る　だ.す　シュツ (1st, N5)
mountain
やま　サン　セン (1st, N5)
leaf, plane, lobe
は　ヨウ　よ (3rd, N3)
grass, grass radical (no. 140)
table, flat pieces of wood, slip
ヨウ　うすいきふだ　まど
generation, world, society
セ　よ　セイ (3rd, N4)
twenty
にじゅう　ジュウ　ニュウ (Kentei Pre-1)
fishhook radical(乙) variant
tree, wood
き　モク　こ- (1st, N5)