Word Meaning 穴があく

あながあく anagaaku

穴があく is read as あながあく (anagaaku) and means to have a hole.

Meaning

English

  1. to have a hole
  2. to be pierced (with a hole)

Reading

Kana

あながあく

Romaji

anagaaku

Writing Variants

  • 穴が開く あながあく ana ga aku
  • 穴が空く あながあく ana ga aku

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 14 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Grade 6 Kanken 5級 Proverb Rank 131172 Priority U

Related Vocabulary

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あな

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穴熊

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穴埋め

あなうめ

cloze deletion (test format)

穴場

あなば

betting booth (at a racecourse)

穴居人

けっきょじん

cave dweller

穴があったら入りたい

あながあったらはいりたい

(to be ashamed enough) to wish you could just disappear

穴持たず

あなもたず

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穴門

あなもん

small gate in a mud or stone wall

穴馬

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墓穴

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grave (pit)

洞穴

どうけつ

cave

風穴

かざあな

air hole

Example Sentences

1

Holes soon open up in my socks.