[埋头苦干 / 埋頭苦幹, mái tóu kǔ gàn, ㄇㄞˊ ㄊㄡˊ ㄎㄨˇ ㄍㄢˋ]to bury oneself in work (成语 saw); to be engrossed in work; to make an all-out effort; up to the neck in work#31484[Add to Longdo]
[うめる, umeru](v1, vt) (1) to bury (e.g. in the ground); (2) to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to fill (a seat, a vacant position); (3) to plug gaps; to stop a gap; (4) to make amends; to cover up for something; (5) to put cold water in a bath; (6) to cover; to scatter something over; (P)#18509[Add to Longdo]
[うずめる, uzumeru](v1, vt) (1) to cover; to bury (e.g. one's face in hands); to submerge; (2) to fill (completely); to stuff; to pack; to cram; to fill up; (P)#18509[Add to Longdo]
[あなうめ, anaume](n, vs) (1) filling in gaps; filling in blanks (in a form, etc.); (2) covering up a deficit; making up for something (e.g. one's mistake); (P)[Add to Longdo]
[ほねをうずめる, honewouzumeru](exp, v1) to die in (a foreign land); to engage in something until death comes; to do something for the rest of one's life[Add to Longdo]