穴

あな

hole

N3 #2,076

Meanings

also 孔

  1. noun hole; opening; orifice; perforation
  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. theatre jargon (partitioned) box (type of floor seating in a traditional Japanese theatre)
  10. archaic hiding place; hideout

けつ also 尻

  1. noun, usually in kana, colloquial ass; arse; buttocks
  2. usually in kana, colloquial rear; end
  3. acupuncture point
  4. counter hole; notch

めど also 針孔

  1. noun eye of a needle
  2. dialectal hole

Its kanji

In sentences

兵士へいしは穴あなの中なかに避難ひなんした。 The soldier took shelter in the foxhole. #83597

彼かれは穴あなを掘ほった。 He dug a hole. #107814

彼かれは庭にわに穴あなを掘ほった。 He dug a hole in the garden. #101988

その穴あなをふさごうよ。 Let's plug up the hole. #211138

彼かれらは穴あなを掘ほっている。 They are boring a hole. #97268

彼かれは壁かべの穴あなをふさいだ。 He filled up the hole in the wall. #100147

そんなかに穴あながあるだ。 There's a hole in it. #9676339

彼かれは少すこしずつ穴あなを掘ほった。 He dug the hole bit by bit. #104117