落し穴

Japanese

Kanji in this term
落 穴
お(と)
Grade: 3 		あな
Grade: 6
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 落し穴 – see the following entry.
【落おとし穴あな】
[noun] [from early 1200s] a pit trap or snare
[noun] [from late 1600s] a hole in the top of a box or other container for dropping things in
[noun] [from early 1700s] (figuratively) a deliberate ploy to deceive someone into a bad situation: a deliberate pitfall
[noun] [from early 1900s] (figuratively) an unknown pitfall, a non-deliberate hidden risk
Alternative spellings
落穴, 臽
(This term, 落し穴, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
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