Japanese symbol for “flawed”
穴だらけ
あなだらけ
Romaji: anadarake
riddled with holes; full of holes
In Japanese, flawed is 穴だらけ, read あなだらけ (anadarake).
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Meanings
- adj-no riddled with holes; full of holes
- adj-no full of flaws; full of loopholes; faulty; flawed
Kanji and stroke order
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 墓穴 | ぼけつ boketsu | grave (pit) |
| 穴埋め | あなうめ anaume | filling (up) a hole |
| 落とし穴 | おとしあな otoshiana | pitfall; trap; pit |
| 毛穴 | けあな keana | pore (of the skin) |
| 洞穴 | ほらあな horaana | cave; cavern; den |
| 風穴 | かざあな kazaana | air hole; windhole; air vent |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.