うがつ
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bore through, get to the heart of
/ɯɡatsɯ/
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To penetrate a solid surface or, figuratively, get to the heart of a matter.
Examples
その評論は時代の本質をうがつ。
That critique penetrates the essence of the era.
表面だけでなく真相をうがった見方が必要だ。
We need a view that gets beneath the surface to the truth.
長い年月をかけて川が岩をうがった。
Over many years the river carved through the rock.
彼の短い指摘は問題の核心をうがっている。
His brief observation gets to the heart of the problem.
作業員が山にトンネルをうがつ。
Workers bore a tunnel through the mountain.
Meanings
Examples
長い年月をかけて川が岩をうがった。
Over many years the river carved through the rock.
作業員が山にトンネルをうがつ。
Workers bore a tunnel through the mountain.
彼の短い指摘は問題の核心をうがっている。
His brief observation gets to the heart of the problem.
その評論は時代の本質をうがつ。
That critique penetrates the essence of the era.
表面だけでなく真相をうがった見方が必要だ。
We need a view that gets beneath the surface to the truth.
Etymology
The physical action of boring through a surface extends to getting beneath appearances in thought.
FAQ
To penetrate a solid surface or, figuratively, get to the heart of a matter.
It is read うがつ, written ugatsu.
Physical drilling and the figurative pattern うがった見方; the latter traditionally means perceptive, though many readers now hear “suspicious.”
How is うがつ different from 疑う?
疑う means doubt or suspect; うがつ in its established figurative sense means to perceive the essence accurately.
How does うがつ change in a sentence?
A godan verb: うがちます, うがって, うがった. Also written 穿つ.
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