Illustration: On a wooded footpath outside an Edo-period village, a traveler has put one sandal through a thin covering of twigs and fallen leaves concealing a pit.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

落おとし穴あな

otoshiana

pitfall, hidden trap

Used for both a physical pit and a hidden problem. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 実際じっさいに落おとし穴あなに落おちる人ひとなんてそうそういない。

    Not many people actually fall into the pit.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 主おもに、落おとし穴あなに落おちた動物どうぶつを刺さし、とどめとしたものと思おもわれる。

    It is thought to have been used mainly for stabbing and killing animals fallen in a pitfall.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. このテストには落おとし穴あながある。

    This test has a catch.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 落穴

  • 落fall; dropOnラクKunおちる・おち・おとす
  • 穴hole; apertureOnケツKunあな

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