Vocabulary

What does 穴埋め (あなうめ, anaume) mean?

穴埋め (あなうめ, anaume) means filling (up) a hole.

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Readingあなうめ
Romajianaume
Part of speechnoun, suru verb, transitive
あなうめ
anaume

filling (up) a hole

  1. 1noun · suru verb · transitive filling (up) a hole
  2. 2noun · suru verb · transitive filling in (for a gap, vacancy, etc.); stopgap; filler (e.g. article)
  3. 3noun · suru verb · transitive making up (for a loss, damage, etc.); covering (a deficit); compensation
  4. 4noun fill-in-the-blank activity; cloze test (i.e. text with words removed)

Also written: 穴うめ

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