JMdictDB - Japanese Dictionary Database

Entries

Search | Advanced Search | New Entry | Submissions | Help
Login for registered editors
Username:
Password:
jmdict 1722060 Active (id: 2228869)
節穴； ふし穴 [sK]
【 ふしあな 】
1. [n]
▶ knothole
▶ peep-hole
2. [n]
▶ [fig] bad eyes
▶ tunnel vision



History:
4. A 2023-04-17 20:57:49  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs: 
JE examples.
  Comments: 
I think so.
  Diff: 
@@ -21 +21 @@
-<gloss>bad eyes</gloss>
+<gloss g_type="fig">bad eyes</gloss>
3. A* 2023-04-17 16:00:47  Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
  Refs: 
meikyo: 見ることのできない目。物事の本質を見抜く力のないことをあざけっていう語。

I suspect the second sense is mostly used figuratively

Google N-gram Corpus Counts
╭─ーーーー─┬────────┬───────╮
│ 節穴　　 │ 44,399 │ 74.9% │
│ ふし穴　 │  1,409 │  2.4% │ - sK
│ ふしあな │ 13,434 │ 22.7% │
╰─ーーーー─┴────────┴───────╯
  Diff: 
@@ -8,0 +9 @@
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
@@ -20,0 +22 @@
+<gloss>tunnel vision</gloss>
2. A 2010-07-23 22:14:17  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
1. A* 2010-07-23 18:33:03  Paul Blay <...address hidden...>
  Comments: 
Google estimate of 17,600 hits for "ふし穴"
  Diff: 
@@ -6,0 +6,3 @@
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>ふし穴</keb>
@@ -13,0 +16,1 @@
+<gloss>peep-hole</gloss>

View entry in alternate formats: jel | edict | jmdict xml | jmnedict xml | jmdictdb xml
Search | Advanced Search | New Entry | Submissions | Help wsgi/DB=jmdict
If you have questions about, problems using, or suggestions for improving this page, please send email to jimbreen@gmail.com.
JMdictDB is an open-source Postgresql database and Python API for managing Japanese dictionary data developed by Stuart McGraw. More information at http://edrdg.org/~smg/. Please report software problems at https://gitlab.com/yamagoya/jmdictdb/issues or email to jmdictdb@mtneva.com.