あなうめ

穴埋め

filling (up) a hole

N5Common wordNoun
Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb
filling (up) a hole
Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb
filling in (for a gap, vacancy, etc.)stopgapfiller (e.g. article)
Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb
making up (for a loss, damage, etc.)covering (a deficit)compensation
Noun
fill-in-the-blank activitycloze test (i.e. text with words removed)

Example Sentences

(かれ)がその穴埋めをした。

He made up for the deficit.

その国は貿易上(じょう)の赤字の穴埋めに懸命である。

The country is trying hard to make up for her trade deficit.