Meaning
堀 (ほり, hori) is a JLPT N2 vocabulary word meaning “moat,canal”.
Kanji in this word
Example sentences 12
この城の堀はとても深いです
The castle moat is very deep.
堀内駅廃止。
Horiuchi Station was closed.
5月、次女小堀杏奴誕生。
In May, his second daughter, Annu KOBORI, was born.
兄弟に堀河康胤（堀河家祖）。
His brother Yasutane HORIKAWA founded the Horikawa family.
彼は堀にペンキの上塗りをした。
He applied a top coat of paint to the moat.
更に、船場(大阪市)の堀の埋め立ても命じた。
In addition, he gave orders to reclaim the moat in Senba (Osaka City).
堀之内は、堀の内、堀ノ内、堀内などとも表記される。
"Horinouchi" is also written in various ways with Chinese characters, such as "Horinouchi," "Hori no Uchi," "Hori no Uchi" and "Horiuchi."
子は娘（堀田正恒正室）、養子は堀田正威、堀田正恒。
He had a daughter(legal wife of Masatsune HOTTA) and foster children, Masatake HOTTA and Masatsune HOTTA.
藤原長良の流れを汲む中級貴族で、一条堀川に住んだ。
He was a middle class noble of FUJIWARA no Nagara line and lived in Ichijo Horikawa.
白バイに先導されて先頭走者が外堀通りにはいってきた.
Led by a highway police motorcycle, the leading runner turned into Sotobori Street.
その際、湖畔を埋め立て、八幡山周囲に八幡堀を開削した。
In the development project, the lakeside area was reclaimed, and Hachiman-bori Canal was dug around Mt. Hachiman.
内堀まで埋め立てることは当初からの和議の条件であった。
Reclaiming even the uchibori (inner moat) was one of the peace terms from the beginning.