"落とし穴" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [o̞to̞ɕia̠na̠] Forms: 落とし穴 [canonical] (ruby: (), (あな)), otoshiana [romanization]
Etymology: Compound of 落(お)とし (otoshi, “dropping, making something fall”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 落(お)とす (otosu, “to drop something, to make something fall”)) + 穴(あな) (ana, “hole”). Originally referred to a kind of trap. First attested to the early 1200s. Etymology templates: {{m|ja|連用形||continuative or stem form|tr=ren'yōkei}} 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”), {{ja-r|落とす|おとす|to drop something, to make something fall}} 落(お)とす (otosu, “to drop something, to make something fall”), {{ja-compound|落とし|おとし|穴|あな|pos1=the <i class="Jpan mention" lang="ja">連用形</i> (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 落(お)とす (otosu</span>, “to drop something, to make something fall”)|t1=dropping, making something fall|t2=hole}} 落(お)とし (otoshi, “dropping, making something fall”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 落(お)とす (otosu, “to drop something, to make something fall”)) + 穴(あな) (ana, “hole”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|おとしあな}} 落(お)とし穴(あな) • (otoshiana)
  1. a pit trap or snare Synonyms: 落とし
    Sense id: en-落とし穴-ja-noun-bzoLqv3w
  2. a hole in the top of a box or other container for dropping things in
    Sense id: en-落とし穴-ja-noun-DUtSOOb9
  3. (figuratively) a deliberate ploy to deceive someone into a bad situation: a deliberate pitfall Tags: figuratively Synonyms: 策略, 謀略
    Sense id: en-落とし穴-ja-noun-UjabLm1i
  4. (figuratively) an unknown pitfall, a non-deliberate hidden risk Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-落とし穴-ja-noun-hd0ncoI6 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 17 5 16 61 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 17 5 13 65 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 17 5 13 64 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 16 4 13 67 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 17 5 13 65

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