Word Meaning 穴狙い

あなねらい ananerai

穴狙い is read as あなねらい (ananerai) and means betting on an outsider (in horse racing, etc.).

Meaning

English

betting on an outsider (in horse racing, etc.)
taking a long shot
dark horse betting

Reading

Kana

あなねらい

Romaji

ananerai

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 15 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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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

穴持たず

あなもたず

bear that hasn't entered hibernation

穴門

あなもん

small gate in a mud or stone wall

穴馬

あなうま

dark horse (candidate)

狙い

ねらい

aim

墓穴

ぼけつ

grave (pit)

洞穴

どうけつ

cave