穴埋め

あなうめ

Meanings

1. Noun, する verb, Transitive filling (up) a hole
2. filling in (for a gap, vacancy, etc.); stopgap; filler (e.g. article)
3. making up (for a loss, damage, etc.); covering (a deficit); compensation
4. Noun fill-in-the-blank activity; cloze test (i.e. text with words removed) See also: 穴埋め問題 (あなうめもんだい).

Kanji

• 穴 hole. Read as あな.
• 埋 bury. Read as うめる.

Example sentences

• 彼がその穴埋めをした。
  He made up for the deficit.

Common phrases

• 穴埋めをする

Words containing 穴埋め

• 穴埋め問題 (あなうめもんだい) fill-in-the-blank question

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