Japanese Word Entry

穴埋め

Kana:	あなうめ
Romaji:	anaume
Definitions:	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 cloze deletion (test format)
Alternative form:	穴うめ【あなうめ (anaume) 】

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穴	hole, aperture, slit, cave, den, Kangxi radical 116

Readings

埋	bury, be filled up, embedded, secrete, conceal

Readings

Mandarin:	ㄇㄞˊ (mái), ㄇㄢˊ (mán)
Cantonese:	maai4
Japanese:	マイ (mai)、バイ (bai) / う.める (umeru)、う.まる (umaru)、う.もれる (umoreru)、うず.める (uzumeru)、うず.まる (uzumaru)、い.ける (ikeru)
Korean:	매 (mae)
Vietnamese:	mai