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穴

Common word

  1. noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    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. noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

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

  3. noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    burrow, den, lair, holt, hole

  4. noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    deficit, shortage, (financial) hole, loss

  5. noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

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

    • ミーティングに穴をあけてしまったことに対し、再度お詫びします。
      Let me apologize once again for missing our meeting.

  6. noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

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

  7. noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

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

  8. noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

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

  9. noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

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

  10. noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    hiding place, hideout
    archaic