Illustration: A large cardboard box sits beside a low table in a Japanese apartment. One side has a broad, irregular hole with torn cardboard edges clearly exposing the dark interior. A cat inside pushes its face and one paw through this opening, reaching toward a felt mouse just outside.

JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

穴あな

ana

hole, opening

Example sentences

  1. 彼かれは壁かべの穴あなをふさいだ。

    He filled up the hole in the wall.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. そして各かくチームはボールを蹴けってこの穴あなに通とおそうと互たがいに競きそい合あったのです。

    And the teams competed with each other to try to kick the ball through this hole.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. ジーパンに穴あながあいた。

    I got a hole in my jeans.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 穴

  • 穴hole; apertureOnケツKunあな

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