現地を踏査した結果、そこには鉱物資源は埋もれていないことがわかった。Having prospected the area, we found no mineral deposits there.

Would you use うもれる or うずもれる for 埋もれる in this sentence?

  • This is a tricky question to answer because the うずもれる reading is not taught in Japanese schools and therefore, is not used in the "better" media. – l'électeur Feb 24 '16 at 1:25
  • 私なら、「うもれていない」って読みます・・・ – Chocolate Feb 26 '16 at 6:57
  • It's very difficult, I think because this isn't a typical use case for neither うもれる nor うずもれる. Generally these words imply something used to be revealed before it's covered. At least it should be fossil resources... – broccoli forest Apr 23 '16 at 14:56

According to the dictionary, the answer is うずもれる.


うもれる is used to express that you can't see because it is hidden in the middle of things.


うずもれる is used to express that something is hidden under the ground or under snow.


My personal recommendation is using the Japanese →　English dictionary.

Here you can find many examples, so even though 埋｛うず｝もれる and 埋｛う｝もれる is translated using the English word, "be buried",

it seems 埋｛う｝もれる has a nuance of, even though when something is "under", the "depth" is shallower than 埋｛うず｝もれる, which as 駑馬十駕 san says, like, "in the ( very ) middle of the things".

So that I think in your case 埋｛うず｝もれる would sound better since as I said above, minerals are not "covered in the snows, gravels.

Thank you.

  • I got confused sorry about that. – Kentaro Tomono Apr 23 '16 at 23:33

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