風かざ穴あな

also: かぜあな

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

General term for an opening that lets air or wind pass through, such as a ventilation hole or a natural fissure.

かん

気き

を

良よ

く

し

た

。

We made an air hole in the wall to improve ventilation.

洞どう窟くつの奥おくに小ちいさな風かざ穴あながあった。

There was a small windhole deep inside the cave.

2

deep cave with cold wind

Specific geological term for a deep cave from which cold wind blows, often due to temperature differences; also read ふうけつ in this sense.

〈場ば所しょ〉に風かざ穴あなが開あくfor an air hole/vent to form in something
壁かべに風かざ穴あなが開あいていた。
There was a vent hole open in the wall.
風かざ穴あなから〈物もの〉が吹ふき出だすfor cold wind to blow out from a wind cave
風かざ穴あなから一いち年ねん中じゅう冷つめたい風かぜが吹ふき出だしている。
Cold wind blows continuously out of the wind cave all year round.

風かざ穴あなを開あけるpierce a body; make a hole in a body · breathe new life into; provide a breakthrough

通つう気き口こう sense 1
通気口 is the technical term for a built ventilation opening, while 風穴 can refer to any air hole, including natural fissures.
換かん気き口こう sense 1
換気口 specifically denotes a mechanical ventilation grille in a building, whereas 風穴 is broader and can describe natural or informal air holes too.

風ふう穴けつ sense 2
風穴 read かざあな is the general word for an air hole or vent, while 風穴 read ふうけつ refers specifically to a deep cave that exhales cold wind.

A compound of the combining form 風 and 穴, literally an opening through which air passes.