穴埋め

nounあなうめ · anaume

1. Englishfilling (up) a hole

2. Englishfilling in (for a gap, vacancy, etc.); stopgap; filler (e.g. article)

3. Englishmaking up (for a loss, damage, etc.); covering (a deficit); compensation

   • 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.

4. Englishfill-in-the-blank activity; cloze test (i.e. text with words removed)

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