Japanese symbol for “bury”
埋める
うめる
Romaji: umeru
to bury (e.g. in the ground)
In Japanese, bury is 埋める, read うめる (umeru).
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Meanings
- v1, vt to bury (e.g. in the ground)
- v1, vt to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed
- v1, vt 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)
- v1, vt to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends; to compensate for
- v1, vt to put cold water (in a bath)
- v1, vt to cover; to scatter something over
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “bury”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 葬る | ほうむる houmuru | to bury; to inter; to entomb |
| 送る | おくる okuru | to bid farewell to (the departed); to say goodbye to; to bury |
| 埋め込む | うめこむ umekomu | to bury; to embed; to implant |
| 見送る | みおくる miokuru | to take care of (someone) until death; to attend (someone's) funeral; to bury |
| 閉ざす | とざす tozasu | to consume (with negative feelings); to fill (e.g. with sadness); to bury (e.g. in grief) |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 埋め立て | うめたて umetate | land reclamation; land fill |
| 埋葬 | まいそう maisou | burial |
| 埋まる | うまる umaru | to be buried; to be covered; to be surrounded |
| 埋蔵 | まいぞう maizou | burying in the ground |
| 穴埋め | あなうめ anaume | filling (up) a hole |
See also: Chinese symbol for “bury”.
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.