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noun
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little-known good place, good out-of-the-way place, well-kept secret place, hole-in-the-wall
pre-noun adjectival
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pierced, drilled, perforated, hollow
See also:穴明き銭 (あなあきせん)
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穴開き【あなあき】
、穴明き【あなあき】
noun
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cheese with holes in it (e.g. Swiss, Emmenthal)
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穴明きチーズ【あなあきチーズ】
noun
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European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus)(usually kana)
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アナウサギ
expression, Godan-ku verb
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to have a hole, to be pierced (with a hole)
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穴が空く【あながあく】
、穴があく【あながあく】
expression
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(to be ashamed enough) to wish you could just disappear, wanting to sink into the ground in shame
noun
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noun
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cellar, cave, hole in the ground
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穴倉【あなぐら】
、窖【あなぐら】
、穴ぐら【あなぐら】
noun
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garden eel, conger eel (esp. the common Japanese conger, Conger myriaster)
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海鰻【あなご】[1]
Notes:
- word containing out-dated kanji
expression, suru verb (irregular)
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to fill with holes, to riddle (e.g. with bullets)
noun
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aiming for a lucky break (e.g. in horse racing, betting on an unlikely horse)
expression
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(staring) piercingly, (looking) hard(idiom )
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穴のあくほど【あなのあくほど】
、穴の空くほど【あなのあくほど】
、穴の明くほど【あなのあくほど】
noun
1.
hole, hollow(colloquialism)(esp. 穴ぼこ)
2.
pothole (road, pavement, etc.)
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穴凹【あなぼこ】
noun, auxillary suru verb
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excavation, digging
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穴掘【あなほり】
、穴ほり【あなほり】
noun
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burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia)(usually kana)
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あなほりふくろう《穴堀梟》
、アナホリフクロウ
expression, Ichidan verb
1.
to cause a loss
2.
to make a hole (in)
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穴をあける【あなをあける】
、穴を空ける【あなをあける】
expression, Godan-tsu verb
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to find somebody's weak spot, to drill a hole(idiom )
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穴をうがつ【あなをうがつ】
expression, Ichidan verb
1.
to fill in a hole
2.
to plug a gap (money, personnel, etc.), to make up for a deficiency, to cover a deficit
noun
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American badger (Taxidea taxus)(usually kana)
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アメリカアナグマ
expression
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a small leak will sink a great ship(proverb)
noun
1.
dark hole
2.
idiot, fool
3.
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闇穴【あんけつ】
noun
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road taken by a Chinese ajari buddhist monk when he incurred the wrath of emperor Genso (685-762)(obscure)
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暗穴道【あんけつどう】
noun
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ferret badger (esp. the Chinese ferret-badger, Melogale moschata)(usually kana)
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イタチアナグマ
noun
1.
one hole
2.
toilet bowl (for both urination and defecation)
3.
effective point for moxibustion
4.
one-woman man(colloquialism)
noun
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giant's kettle, giant's cauldron, pothole(geology term)
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甌穴【かめあな】
noun
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Okuninushi, deity of magic and medicine later viewed as equivalent to Daikokuten and celebrated at Izumo Grand Shrine
See also:大国主命 (おおくにぬしのみこと)
noun
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Okuninushi, deity of magic and medicine later viewed as equivalent to Daikokuten and celebrated at Izumo Grand Shrine
See also:大国主命
Other readings:
大己貴神【おおあなむちのかみ】
、大穴牟遅神【おおなむちのかみ】
、大穴牟遅神【おおあなむちのかみ】
、大汝神【おおなむちのかみ】
expression
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(villains) of the same stripe, birds of a feather, badgers of the same hole(idiom )
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同じ穴の狢【おなじあなのむじな】
noun
1.
happy life partnership, living faithfully together till death(yojijukugo)(only relevant for かいろうどうけつ)
2.
Venus's flower basket (Euplectella aspergillum)(usually kana)
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カイロウドウケツ
expression, Godan-ku verb
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to have a narrow view of things, to peep at the sky through a keyhole(idiom )
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鍵の穴から天をのぞく【かぎのあなからてんをのぞく】
expression, Ichidan verb
1.
to penetrate a body (e.g. with a spear or bullet)
2.
to breathe new life into, to provide a potential solution
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風穴をあける【かざあなをあける】
expression
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to each their own, different strokes for different folks, cut your coat to suit your cloth, a crab digs a hole like its own shell(proverb)
na-adjective, noun
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flat broke, stone broke, penniless(colloquialism, usually kana)
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からっけつ《空っ穴》
、カラッケツ
noun
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spinycheek sleeper (Eleotris oxycephala), spined sleeper(usually kana)
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カワアナゴ
noun
1.
gold mine
2.
provider of funds, financial supporter, patron
3.
rich person
noun
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duck-billed eel (Nettastoma parviceps)(usually kana)
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クズアナゴ
expression
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to have a narrow view of things(idiom )
noun
1.
ass, arse, buttocks(colloquialism)
2.
rear, end(colloquialism)
3.
acupuncture point(only relevant for 穴)
counter
4.
hole, notch(only relevant for 穴)
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尻【けつ】
noun
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anus, asshole, arsehole(vulgar, colloquialism)
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ケツの穴【ケツのあな】
expression, prenominal
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small-minded, petty, cowardly, chicken-hearted(idiom , vulgar)
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ケツの穴が小さい【ケツのあながちいさい】
noun
1.
anus(colloquialism)
2.
asshole, bastard(derogatory, colloquialism)
Other readings:
尻穴【しりあな】
、尻穴【しんなな】[1]
、ケツメド
Notes:
- out-dated or obsolete kana usage
expression
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nothing ventured, nothing gained, you will not get the tiger cub without entering the tiger's den(proverb)
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虎穴に入らずんば虎子を得ず【こけつにいらずんばこしをえず】
、虎穴に入らずんば虎児を得ず【こけつにいらずんばこじをえず】
expression
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out of the frying pan into the fire, out of the tiger's mouth into the dragon's den(proverb)
noun
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snubnosed eel (Simenchelys parasitica)(usually kana)
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コンゴウアナゴ
noun
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the seven orifices of the head (eyes, nostrils, ear canals, mouth)(archaism)
noun
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nesting hole, burrow, den
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巣穴【そうけつ】[1]
、巣孔【すあな】
Notes:
- out-dated or obsolete kana usage
expression
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a small leak will sink a great ship(proverb)
noun
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bell-mouth spillway, morning glory spillway, glory hole spillway(colloquialism)
noun
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split-eye needle
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弾機孔針【ばねあなはり】
、弾機穴針【だんきあなはり】
、弾機穴針【ばねあなはり】
noun
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spotted garden eel (Heteroconger hassi)(usually kana)
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ちんあなご《珍穴子》
、チンアナゴ
noun
1.
pressure points (e.g. for application of moxa)
2.
vulnerable body cavities(martial arts)
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點穴【てんけつ】[1]
Notes:
- word containing out-dated kanji
noun, no-adjective
1.
two holes
noun
2.
toilet with separate chambers for urine and faeces
noun
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splendid garden eel (Gorgasia preclara), orange-barred garden eel
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ニシキアナゴ
noun
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peephole, spyhole, inspection hole, observation window
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のぞき穴【のぞきあな】
noun
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clearance hole (hole for a bolt, screw, etc., which is large enough to allow the thread, etc. to pass through)