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落とし穴
Hiragana
おとしあな
Noun
figuratively
Japanese Meaning
敵を誘い込んで捕らえるために地面に掘った穴。また、そのようなわな。 / （比喩的に）人をだましたり困らせたりするために巧妙に仕組まれた策略や陷阱。 / 箱や容器の上部に開けられた、物を投入するための穴。
Easy Japanese Meaning
人をおとしいれるために、地面にあなをほってつくったわな
Chinese (Simplified)
陷阱（挖坑使人或动物跌入） / 投递孔（箱或容器顶部的投入口） / 比喻：圈套；陷阱（诱使人陷入不利境地的策略）
Sense（1）
a pit trap or snare
Sense（2）
a hole in the top of a box or other container for dropping things in
Sense（3）
(figuratively) a deliberate ploy to deceive someone into a bad situation: a deliberate pitfall
Sense（4）
(figuratively) an unknown pitfall, a non-deliberate hidden risk
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a pit trap or snare / a hole in the top of a box or other container for dropping things in / (figuratively) a deliberate ploy to deceive someone into a bad situation: a deliberate pitfall
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落とし穴
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He fell into a pit trap in the forest.
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彼は森の中で落とし穴にはまってしまった。
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