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凹み (くぼみ, kubomi) Japanese meaning: hollow | Kotomora
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くるま
の
ドア
に
小ちい
さな
凹くぼ
み
が
でき
た
。
There's a small dent in the car door.
Water is collecting in a hollow in the ground.
Usage patterns 〈 物もの 〉 に 凹くぼ みができる a dent forms in something
A dent formed in the door.
凹くぼ みを 直なお す to fix/repair a dent
I had the dent in my car fixed.
〈 物もの 〉 に 凹くぼ みがある there is a dent/hollow in something
There is a shallow depression in this ground.
〈 物もの 〉 に 凹くぼ みをつける to put a dent in something
I bumped into it and put a dent in the can.
Kanji 窪 depression, cave in, sink Opposites 凹み is a sunken indentation while 膨らみ is a bulge or swelling that sticks outward.
凸(でこ) refers to a raised bump or protrusion, while 凹み refers to a hollow or dent, the opposite shape.
Etymology Derived from the verb くぼむ (to become hollow). The reading へこみ comes from へこむ, which is likely a sound-symbolic variation. The kanji 凹 is a pictograph of a concave shape.
49%
窪くぼ み Usage 25%
Alternate kanji spelling for くぼみ; common.
