あなうめ
Anaume
Other forms: 穴うめ
穴埋め (Anaume) is a Japanese noun meaning “filling (up) a hole, filling in (for a gap, vacancy, etc.), stopgap, filler (e.g. article)”.
Meanings
- noun, suru verb, transitive verbfilling (up) a hole
- noun, suru verb, transitive verbfilling in (for a gap, vacancy, etc.); stopgap; filler (e.g. article)
- noun, suru verb, transitive verbmaking up (for a loss, damage, etc.); covering (a deficit); compensation
- nounfill-in-the-blank activity; cloze test (i.e. text with words removed)
Examples
彼がその穴埋めをした。
He made up for the deficit.
その国は貿易上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.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).