穴埋め
Meanings
Noun
Suru verb
Transitive verb
1. filling (up) a hole
2. filling in (for a gap, vacancy, etc.); stopgap; filler (e.g. article)
3. making up (for a loss, damage, etc.); covering (a deficit); compensation
Noun
4. fill-in-the-blank activity; cloze test (i.e. text with words removed)
Kanji used
Pitch accent
あなうめ
あなうめ
Used in vocabulary
Examples2
その
The country is trying hard to make up for her trade deficit.
彼
He made up for the deficit.