ホール

ホール · hooru · JLPT N1 · noun

hallway

ホール — hallway

🕳️🏛️ English hall and hole both sound like hooru, so ホール covers both meanings.

Japanese borrowed English hall and hole as one word, so context decides. Hall is a large room; hole is an opening. Same sound, same katakana.

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