穴埋め

あなうめ

filling (up) a hole

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Meanings

  1. noun, takes する, transitive filling (up) a hole
  2. filling in (for a gap, vacancy, etc.); stopgap; filler (e.g. article)
  3. making up (for a loss, damage, etc.); covering (a deficit); compensation
  4. noun fill-in-the-blank activity; cloze test (i.e. text with words removed)

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In sentences

彼かれがその穴埋あなうめをした。 He made up for the deficit. #120910