Japanese dictionary

Dictionary: “穴”

穴

あな

hole; opening; orifice; perforation

Example sentence

And the teams competed with each other to try to kick the ball through this hole.

Kanji details

Kun/On information

穴
On
けつ
Kun
あな
Stroke count
5

・hole

・aperture

・slit

・cave

・den

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Related words to 穴

49 related words

穴埋め

あなうめ

→

filling (up) a hole

穴

あな

→

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

穴埋め

あなうめ

→

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

穴

あな

→

burrow;den;lair;holt;hole

穴埋め

あなうめ

→

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

穴

あな

→

deficit;shortage;(financial) hole;loss

穴埋め

あなうめ

→

cloze deletion (test format)

穴

あな

→

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

穴

あな

→

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

穴

あな

→

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

穴

あな

→

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

穴

あな

→

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

穴

あな

→

hiding place;hideout

穴場

あなば

→

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

穴熊

あなぐま

→

badger

穴場

あなば

→

betting booth (at a racecourse)

穴熊

あなぐま

→

Eurasian badger (Meles meles)

穴熊

あなぐま

→

anaguma castle (defensive opening)

穴

けつ

→

ass;arse;buttocks

穴が開く

あながあく

→

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

穴が開くほど

あながあくほど

→

(staring) piercingly;(looking) hard

穴あき

あなあき

→

pierced;drilled;perforated;hollow

穴じゃくし

あなじゃくし

→

perforated ladle;slotted spoon

穴だらけ

あなだらけ

→

riddled with holes;full of holes

穴あき銭

あなあきせん

→

perforated coin

穴あけ

あなあけ

→

drilling;hole punching

穴あけパンチ

あなあけパンチ

→

paper punch

穴子

あなご

→

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

穴を開ける

あなをあける

→

to cause a loss

穴ぼこ

あなぼこ

→

hole;hollow

穴を穿つ

あなをうがつ

→

to find someone's weak spot

穴ぐり

あなぐり

→

boring (a hole)

穴あきチーズ

あなあきチーズ

→

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

穴だらけにする

あなだらけにする

→

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

穴を埋める

あなをうめる

→

to fill in a hole

穴冠

あなかんむり

→

kanji "hole" radical at top

穴居

けっきょ

→

cave dwelling;troglodytism

穴兎

あなうさぎ

→

European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus)

穴の開くほど

あなのあくほど

→

(staring) piercingly;(looking) hard

穴を塞ぐ

あなをふさぐ

→

to fill a hole with earth

穴掘り

あなほり

→

excavation;digging

穴一

あないち

→

chuck-farthing (game of throwing coins in a hole);pitch-farthing

穴マンコ

けつマンコ

→

anus;asshole;arsehole

穴燕

あなつばめ

→

swiftlet

穴熊囲い

あなぐまがこい

→

anaguma castle (defensive opening)

穴居人

けっきょじん

→

cave dweller;caveman

穴兄弟

あなきょうだい

→

men who have had sex with the same woman

穴持たず

あなもたず

→

bear that hasn't entered hibernation

穴があったら入りたい

あながあったらはいりたい

→

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