Word Meaning 洞穴

ほらあな horaana

洞穴 is read as ほらあな (horaana) and means cave.

Meaning

English

  1. cave
  2. cavern
  3. den
  4. grotto

Reading

Kana

ほらあな

Romaji

horaana

Writing Variants

  • ほら穴 ほらあな horaana
  • 洞穴 どうけつ douketsu

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 14 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper grade Kanken 準2級 Rank 1719 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

溶岩洞穴

ようがんほらあな

lava cave

洞察

どうさつ

discernment

ほら

hollow

墓穴

ぼけつ

grave (pit)

あな

(partitioned) box (type of floor seating in a traditional Japanese theatre)

横穴

よこあな

tunnel tomb (Kofun period)

落とし穴

おとしあな

pitfall

風穴

かざあな

air hole

大穴

おおあな

large hole

抜け穴

ぬけあな

loophole

毛穴

けあな

pore (of the skin)

洞窟

どうくつ

cave

Example Sentences

5

このどうけつはとてもふかい。

This cave is very deep.

No one could find the cave.

The cave was so dark that they had to feel their way.

"What's going on in the cave? I'm curious." "I have no idea."

One morning, as the fox cub was making to leave the den, she suddenly called out "Ah!" and ran tripping and tumbling back to her mother, a paw pressed over one eye. "Mommy, something's got into my eye! Get it out, get it out!"