Results, 穴
- 穴★【あな】孔
noun / suffix noun:
- hole - also read めど for this sense ➜ 穴が開く
- deficit; shortage; missing person (in a team, meeting, etc.)
- vacancy; opening
- flaw
- profitable place (or item, etc.) not well known by others
- upset victory (with a large payoff)
- pit (of a theater) - slang ➜ 平土間
- hiding place - archaism
- underbelly (of society, etc.) - archaism
そして各チームはゴールを蹴ってこの穴に通そうとして互いに競いあったのです。 And the teams competed with each other to try to kick the ball through this hole.
ミーティングに穴をあけてしまったことに対し、再度お詫びします。 Let me apologize once again for missing our meeting.
Kanji definition:
- 穴
- 常用6年JLPTN1
ケツ・あな
hole; aperture; slit; cave; den
- Strokes:
- 5
- Radical:
- 穴 cave
- SKIP:
- 2-3-2
- UTF:
- 7a74
- JIS208:
- 23-74
- Nanori:
- けな・しし・な
- Hangul:
- 혈 [hyeol]
- Pinyin:
- xuè / xué
- Example words:
- 穴【あな】
- hole; / deficit; shortage; missing person (in a team, meeting, etc.); / vacancy; opening; / flaw; / profitable place (or item, etc.) not well known by others; / upset victory (with a large payoff); / pit (of a theater); / hiding place; / underbelly (of society, etc.)
- 穴埋め【あなうめ】
- filling in gaps; filling in blanks (in a form, etc.); stopgap; temporary measure; / covering up a deficit; making up for something (e.g. one's mistake)
- 落とし穴【おとしあな】
- pitfall; trap; pit
- 風穴【かざあな】
- air hole; windhole; ventilator
- 洞穴【ほらあな】
- cave; cavern; den; grotto
Partial results:
- 穴埋め☆【あなうめ】穴うめ Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- filling in gaps; filling in blanks (in a form, etc.); stopgap; temporary measure
- covering up a deficit; making up for something (e.g. one's mistake)
その国は貿易上の赤字の穴埋めに懸命である。 The country is trying hard to make up for her trade deficit.
- 穴場☆【あなば】
noun:
- little-known good place; good out-of-the-way place; well-kept-secret place; hole-in-the-wall
- 穴あき【あなあき】穴開き・穴明き Inflection
pre-noun adjectival:
- pierced; drilled; perforated; hollow ➜ 穴明き銭【あなあきせん】
- 穴だらけにする【あなだらけにする】 Inflection
expression / ~する verb (irregular):
- to fill with holes; to riddle (e.g. with bullets)
- 穴が開く【あながあく】穴が空く・穴があく Inflection
expression / godan ~く verb:
- to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)
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