あな
Meanings
Noun
Suffix
1. hole; opening; perforation
also read めど for this sense
Noun
2. pit; hollow; hole (in the ground, etc.)
3. burrow; den; lair; holt; hole
4. deficit; shortage; missing person (in a team, meeting, etc.)
5. vacancy; opening
Noun
Suffix
6. flaw
7. well-kept secret place
8. upset victory (with a large payoff)
9. pit (of a theater)
Noun
10. hiding place; hideout
Archaic
Noun
Suffix
11. underbelly (of society, etc.)
Kanji used
hole
Pitch accent
Top 1600
Used in vocabulary (100 in total)
to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)
large hole; big deficit; heavy losses; long-shot win (in horse racing, etc.); big winnings (on a long shot)
pitfall; trap; pit
to cause a loss; to make a hole (in)
cave; cavern; den; grotto
to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)
riddled with holes; full of holes; full of flaws; full of loopholes; faulty
nesting hole; burrow; den
knothole; peep-hole; bad eyes
to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)
nostril; nostrils
cave; tunnel; tunnel tomb (Kofun period)
air hole; windhole; ventilator
pore (of the skin)
anus; asshole; bastard
grave (pit)
to fill in a hole; to plug a gap (money, personnel, etc.); to make up for a deficiency; to cover a deficit
little-known good place; good out-of-the-way place; well-kept secret place; hole-in-the-wall
to cause a loss; to make a hole (in)
secret passage; underground passage; loophole; hole one can go through; opening
to cause a loss; to make a hole (in)
to fill a hole with earth
anus; asshole; arsehole
to find somebody's weak spot; (lit.) to drill a hole
peephole; spyhole; inspection hole; observation window
cave; cavern; den; grotto
badger; Eurasian badger (Meles meles); defensive opening for shogi
eye of a needle
cellar; cave; hole in the ground
hole; hollow; pothole (road, pavement, etc.)
(villains) of the same stripe; birds of a feather; (lit.) badgers of the same hole
volcanic cave traditionally said to be inhabited
cavern; grotto
air vent (hole)
(staring) piercingly; (looking) hard
pierced; drilled; perforated; hollow
(villains) of the same stripe; birds of a feather; (lit.) badgers of the same hole
peephole; spyhole; inspection hole; observation window
pitfall; trap; pit
to find somebody's weak spot; (lit.) to drill a hole
betting on an outsider (in horse racing, etc.); taking a long shot; dark horse betting
(staring) piercingly; (looking) hard
same hole (in which to live); gang; group
piercing (esp. in the ear); piercing hole
men who have had sex with the same woman; (lit.) hole brothers
knothole; peep-hole; bad eyes
pit; shaft
(staring) piercingly; (looking) hard
dark horse (candidate)
anus; asshole; arsehole
(staring) piercingly; (looking) hard
small gate in a mud or stone wall
filling (up) a hole; filling in (for a gap, vacancy, etc.); stopgap; making up (for a loss, damage, etc.); covering (a deficit); cloze deletion (test format)
rathole; mousehole
excavation; digging
small-minded; petty; cowardly; chicken-hearted
finger hole (flute, bowling ball, etc.)
posthole (archaeology)
pilot hole; rough hole; prepared hole
bell-mouth spillway; morning glory spillway; glory hole spillway
pierced; drilled; perforated; hollow
mortice; mortise
a burn hole
to each their own; different strokes for different folks; cut your coat to suit your cloth; (lit.) a crab digs a hole like its own shell
perforated coin
clearance hole (hole for a bolt, screw, etc., which is large enough to allow the thread, etc. to pass through)
mortice; mortise
boring (a hole)
cross-head screw; Phillips-head screw; Phillips screw
needle with a normal eye
hexagon socket head; Allen socket head
hexagon socket head; Allen socket head
to have a narrow view of things; (lit.) to peep at the sky through a keyhole
perforations (e.g. in film)
to have a narrow view of things; (lit.) to peep at the sky through a keyhole
needle with a normal eye
perforated ladle; slotted spoon
needle with a normal eye
kanji "hole" radical at top
European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus)
burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia)
Examples (20 in total)
They're digging a hole.
We've got to fill this hole with something.
There's a hole in it.