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穴孔あなNounFreq #1552
1

hole; opening; orifice; perforation

Examples
そして各チームはボールを蹴ってこの穴に通そうと互いに競い合ったのです。
And the teams competed with each other to try to kick the ball through this hole.
2

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

3

burrow; den; lair; holt; hole

4

deficit; shortage; (financial) hole; loss

5

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

Examples
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.
6

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

7

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

8

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

9

Theatre jargon

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

10

Archaic

hiding place; hideout

けつ穴尻ケツFreq #38895
1

Word usually written using kana alone; Colloquial; Common noun

ass; arse; buttocks

Examples
時々、自分のけつを思いきり蹴りあげてやりたくなる。
Sometimes I feel like kicking my own rump.
2

Word usually written using kana alone; Colloquial; Common noun

rear; end

3

穴 only; Common noun

acupuncture point

4

穴 only; Counter

hole; notch

針孔穴めどみぞ (針孔)はりめど (針孔)NounFreq #34396
1

eye of a needle

2

めど only; Dialectal

hole

穴が開く穴が空く穴があくあながあくExpressionGodan verbFreq #10255
1

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

Examples
このバケツには穴が開いている。
There's a hole in this bucket.
穴を開ける穴をあける穴を空けるあなをあけるExpressionIchidan verbFreq #14318
1

to cause a loss

2

to make a hole (in)

Examples
ねずみがかじって壁に穴をあけちゃったの。
A rat chewed a hole in the wall.
穴だらけあなだらけ～の Adj.Freq #21638
1

riddled with holes; full of holes

2

full of flaws; full of loopholes; faulty; flawed

Examples
その議論は穴だらけだ。
The argument is full of holes.
穴埋め穴うめあなうめNounFreq #28815
1

Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru; Transitive verb

filling (up) a hole

2

Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru; Transitive verb

filling in (for a gap, vacancy, etc.); stopgap; filler (e.g. article)

3

Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru; Transitive verb

making up (for a loss, damage, etc.); covering (a deficit); compensation

Examples
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.
4

cloze deletion (test format)

穴を埋めるあなをうめるExpressionIchidan verbFreq #29265
1

to fill in a hole

Examples
係長が急に辞めてしまったので、私がその穴を埋めなければならなくなった。
I had to fill the gap left when our head clerk quit on short notice.
2

to plug a gap (money, personnel, etc.); to make up for a deficiency; to cover a deficit

穴場あなばNounFreq #29555
1

good place not many people know about; great little-known spot; good out-of-the-way place; well-kept secret; hidden gem of a place

Examples
この温泉は穴場だね。
This hot spring is a great find.
2

Colloquial

betting booth (at a racecourse)

穴蔵穴倉窖穴ぐらあなぐらNounFreq #38051
1

cellar; cave; hole in the ground

穴を塞ぐあなをふさぐExpressionGodan verbFreq #41108
1

to fill a hole with earth

穴掘りあなほりNoun～する VerbFreq #42537
1

excavation; digging

穴があったら入りたいあながあったらはいりたいExpressionFreq #43227
1

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

Examples
いやあ面目ない。穴があったら入りたい心境だよ。
I'm so sorry about what I did. I wish I could just crawl into a hole and die.
穴を穿つ穴をうがつあなをうがつExpressionGodan verbFreq #44344
1

Idiomatic expression

to find someone's weak spot; to drill a hole

穴だらけにするあなだらけにするExpressionする VerbFreq #55035
1

to fill with holes; to riddle (e.g. with bullets)

穴が開くほど穴があくほど穴が空くほどあながあくほどExpressionFreq #57867
1

Idiomatic expression

(staring) piercingly; (looking) hard

穴ぼこ穴凹あなぼこNounFreq #59147
1

Colloquial; Esp. 穴ぼこ

hole; hollow

2

pothole (road, pavement, etc.)

穴あけ穴開けあなあけNounFreq #60542
1

drilling; hole punching

あなぐま穴熊アナグマ貛あなくまNounFreq #61308
1

Word usually written using kana alone

badger

Examples
アナグマは深い穴を掘る。
Badgers dig deep holes.
2

Word usually written using kana alone

Eurasian badger (Meles meles)

3

Abbreviation; Shogi

anaguma castle (defensive opening)

穴の開くほど穴のあくほど穴の空くほど穴の明くほどあなのあくほどExpressionFreq #69088
1

Idiomatic expression

(staring) piercingly; (looking) hard

穴あき穴開き穴明きあなあきFreq #72522
1

Pre-noun adjectival (rentaishi)

pierced; drilled; perforated; hollow

あなご穴子アナゴ海鰻NounUsually kanaFreq #88237
1

conger eel (esp. the common Japanese conger, Conger myriaster); garden eel

けつマンコ (穴マンコ)穴マンコ穴まんこけつまんこ (穴まんこ)ケツマンコNounVulgarUsually kanaFreq #91152
1

Slang

anus; asshole; arsehole

穴狙いあなねらいNounFreq #97394
1

betting on an outsider (in horse racing, etc.); taking a long shot; dark horse betting

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