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あな
Meanings
Noun
Suffix
1. hole; opening; orifice; perforation
Noun
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
8. upset victory (with a large payoff); long shot; dark horse
9. (partitioned) box (type of floor seating in a traditional Japanese theatre)
theatre jargon
10. hiding place; hideout
Alt. forms
穴あな
80%
あな
13%
孔あな
5%
Pitch accent
あ
な
Top 5800
Used in: 2440
Used in vocabulary (87 in total)
cave; cavern; den; grotto
to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)
cellar; cave; hole in the ground
84 more...
Examples (19 in total)
They're digging a hole.
We've got to fill this hole with something.
There's a hole in it.
How many holes are there in a straw?
He dug a hole using a shovel.
A bear spends the winter in its lair.
This stone has a hole in the center.
Watch out! There's a big hole there.
He stuck a flower in his buttonhole.
Tom dug a hole with a pick and a shovel.
He noticed a hole in his jacket, but he tried to ignore it.
The small dog dug a hole and buried his food in it.
The diameter of the hole was slightly larger.
The prisoner dug a hole under the prison wall.
The hole is about five feet across.
The runner jumped over the hole in the ground.
This hole was formed by a falling meteorite.
On colder days, they curl up or dig a hole in the snow.
After the earthquake, people stared into the deep hole in the ground in surprise.