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  [(2)あな]    meaning:  hole  rank: 1
☆ モグラに穴を掘った ⇨ Moles dug holes in the yard
☆ に穴がいた ⇨ A hole was made in the wall

  [(2)あな]  [穴を埋める]    meaning:  lost  rank: 2
☆ のいなくなった穴をめるのは簡単ではない ⇨ It is not easy to fill the void create by his departure

  [(2)あな]  [coll]    meaning:  loss  rank: 3
☆ で大穴をけた ⇨ He lost tons of money with stock


More examples:
  • あそこのラーメンは穴場だ ⇨ That ramen restaurant is a best-kept secret
  • ドリルで穴をけた ⇨ I opened, made, a hole with a drill
  • ボタン穴を縢る ⇨ Sew a button eyelet
  • を穴に突っ込んだ ⇨ He shoved the stick into the hole
  • 地面の穴にすっぽりはまってしまった ⇨ My foot fell into a hole in the ground
  • 障子に穴がいている ⇨ There is a hole in the shoji door
  • 余りきつくめるとネジ穴をしてしまう ⇨ If you tighten a screw too much you will strip the hole
  • 地面の穴にずぼっとはまった ⇨ My foot fell into a hole in the ground
  • 私達夫婦一棒一穴主義だ ⇨ My wife and I are one-stick-one-hole ideologues. We are sexually faithful to each other
  • 木片を穴にはめ込む玩具 ⇨ A toy that you fit wood blocks into slots
  • 税法け穴を利用した ⇨ He took advantage of a loophole in the tax law
  • のためのとし穴 ⇨ A trap hole for boars
  • 靴下に穴がいてしまった ⇨ My sock got a hole
  • 穴のいた靴下 ⇨ A sock with a hole (opened)
  • は穴を掘っ死体めた ⇨ He dug a hole and buried the corpse