洞ほら

Meanings

Usage patterns

• 木きの洞ほらに〈物もの〉を隠かくすto hide something in a hollow of a tree

  木きの洞ほらにドングリを隠かくした。

  I hid the acorns in the hollow of the tree.

• 洞ほらができるa hollow forms (in a tree, rock, etc.)

  古ふるい木きの根ね元もとに洞ほらができていた。

  A hollow had formed at the base of the old tree.

Expressions

• 洞ヶ峠を決め込むほらがとうげをきめこむwait and see which way the wind blows; sit on the fence; wait for a good opportunity