Dictionary/採掘さいくつSaikutsuJLPT N1採掘 (Saikutsu) is a Japanese noun meaning “mining, digging, working (a mine)”.Meaningsnoun, suru verb, transitive verbmining; digging; working (a mine)Kanji in 採掘採pick掘digRelated words採用use採取picking取り上げるto pick up掘るto dig採るto adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)取り出すto take out取り入れるto take in採点marking発掘excavation掘削digging out採算profit取り方way of taking (e.g. photographs)