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JLPT N3 · Noun

穴 (ana)

穴 (あな, ana) is a Japanese noun meaning “hole; opening”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
あな
Romaji
ana
Word class
Noun
Level
JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. hole; opening; orifice; perforation · noun
  2. pit; hollow; cavity; hole (e.g. in the ground) · noun
  3. burrow; den; lair; holt; hole · noun
  4. deficit; shortage; (financial) hole; loss · noun
  5. gap (left by a missing employee, team member, etc.); vacancy; opening · noun

Example sentences

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.
Tatoeba #213510
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.
Tatoeba #195126

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 穴

穴
hole, aperture, slitケツ・あな · 5 strokes

Source: JMdict entry 1254480 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.