Search results
穴
1
bucket; pail
Examples
このバケツには穴が開いている。
There's a hole in this bucket.
1
large hole
2
big deficit; heavy losses
3
long-shot win (in horse racing, etc.); big winnings (on a long shot); a killing (made from a bet)
Examples
仮に競馬でたまたま大穴を当てたとしましょう。
Let's suppose you happen to strike it rich at the races.
1
cave; cavern; den; grotto
Examples
その洞穴はその少年たちによって発見されたのですか。
Was the cave found by the boys?
1
knothole; peep-hole
2
bad eyes; tunnel vision
Examples
俺の目は節穴ではないぞ。
You cannot pull the wool over my eyes.
1
Idiomatic expression
to dig one's own grave; to bring calamity upon oneself; to make a rod for one's own back
1
pore (of the skin)
Examples
刺激を受け続けると肌の保護作用により角質が肥厚して、ゴワゴワしたり硬くなって、毛穴が目立ってきます。
If it continues to be stimulated the skin's protective function causes thickening and it becomes stiff and hard with pores that stand out.
1
secret passage; underground passage
2
loophole
Examples
新しい税法は抜け穴だらけです。
The new tax law is full of loopholes.
3
hole one can go through; opening
1
to penetrate a body (e.g. with a spear or bullet)
2
to breathe new life into; to provide a potential solution
1
eye of a needle
Examples
富んでいるものが神の国に入るよりは、らくだが針の穴を通る方がもっと易しい。
It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.
1
Idiomatic expression
(villains) of the same stripe; birds of a feather; badgers of the same hole
Examples
一子ちゃんは同じ穴のムジナか、同輩の親しみを込めた笑みを俺に向ける。
I guess Ichiko is a fellow rule-breaker, she's sending me a smile filled with affection for a comrade.
1
Proverb
curses come home to roost; if you curse someone, dig two graves
1
rock cave; rock cavern
Examples
彼は子供のころその岩穴によく行った。
He used to haunt those caves as a little boy.