Vocab Info

N3 Noun

(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.)

    Dictionary Definition

    1. Noun

      1.

      hole, opening, orifice, perforation

    2. Noun

      2.

      pit, hollow, cavity, hole (e.g. in the ground)

    3. Noun

      3.

      burrow, den, lair, holt, hole

    4. Noun

      4.

      deficit, shortage, (financial) hole, loss

    5. Noun

      5.

      gap (left by a missing employee, team member, etc.), vacancy, opening

    6. Noun

      6.

      flaw, fault, defect, weak point, hole (in a theory, plan, etc.), loophole

    7. Noun

      7.

      good place not many people know about, well-kept secret

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    8. Noun

      8.

      upset victory (with a large payoff), long shot, dark horse

    9. Noun

      9.

      (partitioned) box (type of floor seating in a traditional Japanese theatre)

      theatre jargon,

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    10. Noun

      10.

      hiding place, hideout

      Archaic

    All Forms

    穴 【あな】孔 【あな】

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    Details

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    Examples

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      そこの(ゆか)には(あな)()いているので()をつけてね。

      Be careful, there are holes in the floor there.

      • N3

      (はは)(むすめ)に:「(あな)()いた靴下(くつした)()(つづ)けないで(くだ)さい。」

      A mother to her daughter: 'Don't keep wearing socks with holes in them.'

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      (ぼく)たちのチームは、守備(しゅび)完璧(かんぺき)だが攻撃(こうげき)(あな)があると(おも)います。

      I think our team is perfect defensively but has holes in the attack.

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      大工(だいく)上司(じょうし)に:「あ、(すで)木材(もくざい)(あな)()ける作業(さぎょう)()わっていますよ!」

      A carpenter to his boss: 'Oh, we've already finished drilling holes in the wood!'

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      舞台(ぶたい)主役(しゅやく)(つと)める俳優(はいゆう)病気(びょうき)になってしまい(わたし)がその(あな)()める(こと)となった。

      The actor who was to play the lead role in the play fell ill and I had to fill the hole in the cast.

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