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穴 あな N3

  1. hole; opening; orifice; perforation
  2. cavity; hole (e.g. in the ground); hollow; pit
  3. burrow; den; hole; holt; lair
  4. (financial) hole; deficit; loss; shortage
  5. gap (left by a missing employee, team member, etc.); opening; vacancy
  6. defect; fault; flaw; hole (in a theory, plan, etc.); loophole; weak point
  7. good place not many people know about; well-kept secret
  8. dark horse; long shot; upset victory (with a large payoff)
  9. (partitioned) box (type of floor seating in a traditional Japanese theatre)
  10. hideout; hiding place

穴 けつ

  1. arse; ass; buttocks
  2. end; rear
  3. acupuncture point
  4. hole; notch

穴埋め あなうめ

  1. filling (up) a hole
  2. filler (e.g. article); filling in (for a gap, vacancy, etc.); stopgap
  3. compensation; covering (a deficit); making up (for a loss, damage, etc.)
  4. cloze test (i.e. text with words removed); fill-in-the-blank activity

穴あき あなあき

  1. drilled; hollow; perforated; pierced

穴あきチーズ あなあきチーズ

  1. cheese with holes in it (e.g. Swiss, Emmenthal)

穴あき銭 あなあきせん

  1. perforated coin

穴あけ あなあけ

  1. drilling; hole punching

穴あけパンチ あなあけパンチ

  1. paper punch

穴があったら入りたい あながあったらはいりたい

  1. (to be ashamed enough) to wish you could just disappear; wanting to sink into the ground in shame

穴が開く あながあく

  1. to be pierced (with a hole); to have a hole
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