Vocab Info

N3 Noun

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.)

    Dictionary Definition

    1. Noun

      1. 1.

        hole, opening, orifice, perforation

      2. 2.

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

      3. 3.

        burrow, den, lair, holt, hole

      4. 4.

        deficit, shortage, (financial) hole, loss

      5. 5.

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

      6. 6.

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

      7. 7.

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

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      8. 8.

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

      9. 9.

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

        theatre jargon,

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      10. 10.

        hiding place, hideout

        Archaic

    All Forms

    穴 【あな】、孔 【あな】

    Details

      • あ

      • な

    • Frequency

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    Examples

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    • そこの床(ゆか)には穴(あな)が空(あ)いているので気(き)をつけてね。

      Be careful, there are holes in the floor there.

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    • 母(はは)が娘(むすめ)に:「穴(あな)の空(あ)いた靴下(くつした)を履(は)き続(つづ)けないで下(くだ)さい。」

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

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    • 僕(ぼく)たちのチームは、守備(しゅび)は完璧(かんぺき)だが攻撃(こうげき)に穴(あな)があると思(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)が上司(じょうし)に:「あ、既(すで)に木材(もくざい)に穴(あな)を開(あ)ける作業(さぎょう)は終(お)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)の主役(しゅやく)を務(つと)める俳優(はいゆう)が病気(びょうき)になってしまい私(わたし)がその穴(あな)を埋(う)める事(こと)となった。

      The actor who was supposed to play the lead role in the play fell ill, so I had to fill the gap.

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