51 results for 穴*

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  1. Noun

    hole; opening; orifice; perforation

    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

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

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

    see 穴場

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

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

    theatre jargonsee

  10. hiding place; hideout

    Archaic

Also written 孔【あな】

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More words

穴埋めあなうめ

Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verbfilling (up) a hole · filling in (for a gap, vacancy, etc.); stopgap; filler (e.g. article) · making up (for a loss, damage, etc.); covering (a deficit); compensation

Common
けつ

Nounass; arse; buttocks · rear; end · acupuncture point

穴居けっきょ

Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'cave dwelling; troglodytism

穴熊あなぐま

Nounbadger · Eurasian badger (Meles meles) · anaguma castle (defensive opening)

穴子あなご

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

穴場あなば

Noungood place not many people know about; great little-known spot; good out-of-the-way place; well-kept secret; hidden gem of a place · betting booth (at a racecourse)

穴蔵あなぐら

Nouncellar; cave; hole in the ground

穴馬あなうま

Noundark horse (candidate)

穴隙けつげき

Nouncrevice; aperture

穴窯あながま

Nounvery old type of kiln made by digging a hole in the side of a hill

針孔めど

Nouneye of a needle · hole

穴燕あなつばめ

Nounswiftlet

穴冠あなかんむり

Nounkanji "hole" radical at top

穴兎アナウサギ

NounEuropean rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus)

穴蜂あなばち

Noundigger wasp

穴門あなもん

Nounsmall gate in a mud or stone wall

穴銭あなせん

Nounperforated coin

穴一あないち

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

穴鳥アナドリ

NounBulwer's petrel (Bulweria bulwerii)

穴ぼこあなぼこ

Nounhole; hollow · pothole (road, pavement, etc.)

穴居人けっきょじん

Nouncave dweller; caveman

穴釣りあなづり

Nounfishing by dropping a line between rocks or concrete tetrapods · ice fishing (esp. for smelt) · sniggling (fishing for eels by thrusting a baited hook into their dens)

穴狙いあなねらい

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

穴あけあなあけ

Noundrilling; hole punching

穴掘梟あなほりふくろう

Nounburrowing owl (Athene cunicularia)

穴兄弟あなきょうだい

Nounmen who have had sex with the same woman; hole brothers

穴掘りあなほり

Noun, Suru verbexcavation; digging

穴ぐりあなぐり

Noun, Noun or verb acting prenominallyboring (a hole)

穴あきあなあき

Pre-noun adjectival (rentaishi)pierced; drilled; perforated; hollow

穴蝦蛄アナジャコ

NounJapanese mud shrimp (Upogebia major)

穴開け器あなあけき

Noun(hole) punch; stiletto

穴あき銭あなあきせん

Nounperforated coin

穴が開くあながあく

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Godan verb with 'ku' endingto have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)

穴だらけあなだらけ

Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'riddled with holes; full of holes · full of flaws; full of loopholes; faulty; flawed

穴を塞ぐあなをふさぐ

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Godan verb with 'gu' endingto fill a hole with earth

穴マンコけつマンコ

Nounanus; asshole; arsehole

穴熊囲いあなぐまがこい

Nounanaguma castle (defensive opening)

穴持たずあなもたず

Nounbear that hasn't entered hibernation

穴を穿つあなをうがつ

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Godan verb with 'tsu' endingto find someone's weak spot; to drill a hole

穴じゃくしあなじゃくし

Nounperforated ladle; slotted spoon

穴を開けるあなをあける

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Ichidan verbto cause a loss · to make a hole (in)

尻をまくるけつをまくる

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Godan verb with 'ru' endingto suddenly assume an antagonistic attitude; to suddenly become defiant; to turn aggressive (in one's manner) · to moon; to point one's naked buttocks at someone; to give someone the brown-eye

穴を埋めるあなをうめる

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Ichidan verbto fill in a hole · to plug a gap (money, personnel, etc.); to make up for a deficiency; to cover a deficit

穴埋め問題あなうめもんだい

Nounfill-in-the-blank question; cloze test (i.e. text with words removed)

穴あきチーズあなあきチーズ

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

穴の開くほどあなのあくほど

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)(staring) piercingly; (looking) hard

穴が開くほどあながあくほど

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)(staring) piercingly; (looking) hard

穴あけパンチあなあけパンチ

Nounpaper punch

穴だらけにするあなだらけにする

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Suru verb - includedto fill with holes; to riddle (e.g. with bullets)