THE WORD · N3
穴
hole
Noun
彼は穴を掘った。
He dug a hole.
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Parts of speech
Noun
The dictionary may associate several parts of speech with different meanings of the same word.
English dictionary meanings
- hole
- opening
- orifice
- perforation
- pit
- hollow
- cavity
- hole (e.g. in the ground)
- burrow
- den
- lair
- holt
- deficit
- shortage
- (financial) hole
- loss
- gap (left by a missing employee, team member, etc.)
- vacancy
- flaw
- fault
- defect
- weak point
- hole (in a theory, plan, etc.)
- loophole
- good place not many people know about
- well-kept secret
- upset victory (with a large payoff)
- long shot
- dark horse
- (partitioned) box (type of floor seating in a traditional Japanese theatre)
- hiding place
- hideout