Word Meaning 穴埋め

あなうめ anaume

穴埋め is read as あなうめ (anaume) and means cloze deletion (test format).

Meaning

English

cloze deletion (test format)
filling (up) a hole
filling in (for a gap, vacancy, etc.)
stopgap
filler (e.g. article)
making up (for a loss, damage, etc.)
covering (a deficit)
compensation

Reading

Kana

あなうめ

Romaji

anaume

Writing Variants

穴うめ あなうめ anaume

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 17 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Rank 16940 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

穴を埋める

あなをうめる

to fill in a hole

穴

あな

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

穴熊

あなぐま

Eurasian badger (Meles meles)

穴場

あなば

betting booth (at a racecourse)

生き埋め

いきうめ

burying alive

墓穴

ぼけつ

grave (pit)

洞穴

どうけつ

cave

風穴

かざあな

air hole

横穴

おうけつ

tunnel tomb (Kofun period)

埋没

まいぼつ

being buried

埋葬

まいそう

burial

落とし穴

おとしあな

pitfall

Example Sentences

彼がその穴埋めをした。

He made up for the deficit.