Having a little trouble translating this...

mikecash said:

今はほりられないみたいだ
I'm guessing that you took this from this video game:
窓の杜 - 【週末ゲーム】第127回：痛快パズルアクション「ほりる」
If so, then the source of your trouble likely comes from trying to "de-conjugate" the verb "horirarenai".
It's the negative ("-nai") form of the potential ("-rareru") tacked onto the verb "horiru".
As far as I can tell (which ain't far, to be truthful), there is no such word. They've invented a verb to describe the action taken in the game.

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mikecash said:

The curvature at the top of the left side rules that out.

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xillshetx said:

How about this one. I'm trying to translate for a friend but he can't seem to send me any quality pics. Thanks though...

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kumo said:

Maybe xillshetx can tell us where he got this image from? Looking at the file name it seems quite clear that it's from Kingdom Hearts 2 not ほりる, but I can't be sure.

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GoldCoinLover said:

Mikecash, if I were to get a japanese video game, how would you suggest an easy way to look up the kanji?
I look for the base form first, right? The radical.
Looks like it's a rather straightforward. It uses "ni" which indicates direction. That'sl ike, the only usage of "ni" i do know.
also looks like they used "iki" or "iko" which means "to go"

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