穴埋め、穴うめ
あなうめ
anaume
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- noun (common) (futsuumeishi)noun or participle which takes the aux. verb surutransitive verb filling (up) a hole
- noun (common) (futsuumeishi)noun or participle which takes the aux. verb surutransitive verb filling in (for a gap, vacancy, etc.); stopgap; filler (e.g. article)
- noun (common) (futsuumeishi)noun or participle which takes the aux. verb surutransitive verb making up (for a loss, damage, etc.); covering (a deficit); compensation
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noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
fill-in-the-blank activity; cloze test (i.e. text with words removed)
see: 穴埋め問題
Kanji in this word
Example sentences
彼がその穴埋めをした。
kare ga sono anaume wo shi ta 。
He made up for the deficit.
その国は貿易上の赤字の穴埋めに懸命である。
sono kuni ha boueki jou no akaji no anaume ni kenmei de aru 。
The country is trying hard to make up for her trade deficit.