[あな, ana] (n, n-suf) (1) (See 穴が開く) hole; (2) deficit; shortage; missing person (in a team, meeting, etc.); (3) vacancy; opening; (4) flaw; (5) profitable place (or item, etc.) not well known by others; (6) upset victory (with a large payoff); (7) (sl) (See 平土間) pit (of a theater); (8) (arch) hiding place; (9) (arch) underbelly (of society, etc.); (P) #3690
[けっかん, kekkan] (n) (1) defect; fault; deficiency; deformity; (2) shortage; gap; (P) #13182
[ききん, kikin] (n) famine; drought; shortage; crop failure; (P) #16051
[くげん, kugen] (n, adj-no) candid (frank) advice; exhortation; (P) #16740
[けっそん, kesson] (n, vs, adj-no) deficit; shortage; loss; damage; (P) #18661
[gerupin] (n) (abbr) money-shortage crisis (ger
[データけっそん, de-ta kesson] (n) { comp } data unavailability; lack of data; shortage of data
[かっすい, kassui] (n) water shortage; (P)
[きゅうじんなん, kyuujinnan] (n) labor shortage; labour shortage
[きょうきゅうぶそく, kyoukyuubusoku] (n) short supply; supply shortage
[きょうかい, kyoukai] (n, vs) (1) (教誨, 教戒 only) counselling (often of imprisoned criminals by a chaplain, etc.); giving guidance; (2) (教戒, 教誡 only) admonishment; scolding; exhortation
[かねづまり, kanedumari] (n) financial distress; money shortage
[かけめ, kakeme] (n) chip (in a cup); shortage of weight
[けつぼう, ketsubou] (n, vs) want; shortage; famine; (P)
[げんきんふそく, genkinfusoku] (n, adj-no) cash shortage; illiquidity
[ざいりょうふそく, zairyoufusoku] (n) materials shortage
[しきんなん, shikinnan] (n) shortage of capital; lack of funds; cash flow problem
[じゅうたくなん, juutakunan] (n) housing shortage
[おんなひでり, onnahideri] (n) (See 男旱・おとこひでり) woman shortage
[しょくいんふそく, shokuinfusoku] (n, adj-no) staff shortage
[しょくりょうふそく;しょくりょうぶそく, shokuryoufusoku ; shokuryoubusoku] (n) food shortage
[じんざいふそく, jinzaifusoku] (n) shortage of talented people; shortfall in human resources
[みずききん, mizukikin] (n) drought; water shortage
[みずぶそく, mizubusoku] (n) water shortage; shortage of water supply
[すずめのやり;スズメノヤリ, suzumenoyari ; suzumenoyari] (n) (1) (uk) Luzula capitata (species of woodrush); (2) (See 雀の鉄砲) shortawn foxtail (Alopecurus aequalis)
[すずめのてっぽう;スズメノテッポウ, suzumenoteppou ; suzumenoteppou] (n) (uk) shortawn foxtail (Alopecurus aequalis)
[おいおとし, oiotoshi] (n) (1) chasing down; pushing down; deposing; ousting; (2) sacrificing to create a shortage of liberties, then capturing (in the game of go)
[でんりょくぶそく, denryokubusoku] (n) electricity shortage
[ねんりょうぶそく, nenryoubusoku] (n) fuel shortage
[しなうす, shinausu] (adj-na, n) shortage of stock; scarcity of goods
[ふじゅうぶん, fujuubun] (adj-na, n) insufficient; inadequate; imperfect; shortage; (P)
[ふそくをおぎなう, fusokuwooginau] (exp, v5u) to make up a shortfall; to cover a shortage; to compensate for a shortage; to fill a gap
[たらずまえ, tarazumae] (n) deficit; shortage
[ふそくぶん, fusokubun] (n) shortage; amount outstanding (e.g. on loan); deficit
[ふってい, futtei] (n, vs) shortage; scarcity; dearth; famine
[ろうどうぶそく, roudoubusoku] (n) labour shortage
[ろうどうりょくぶそく, roudouryokubusoku] (n) labor shortage (labour)
[ふうかん, fuukan] (n) indirect remonstrance; exhortation by insinuation