ピットpitto

1. nounpit (hole or sunken area)
2. noun, motorsportpit; pits
3. nounpit (of a bowling alley)

• Synonym凹みへこみNeutralGeneral word for a hollow or dent in a surface; the everyday choice. 「ピット」 usually means a man-made pit or a set spot like a racing pit or long-jump sand pit.
• Synonym窪溜まりくぼたまりWrittenA low hollow in the ground, or water pooled in one; rare in use. Say 「くぼみ」 in daily speech, and 「ピット」 for man-made pits or venues.
• Synonym坑こうWrittenMostly an underground pit dug for mining or construction, usually in compounds like 「炭坑」「坑道」「立坑」; rarely used alone. An everyday pit is 「穴」.
• Related竪穴たてあなWrittenA pit dug deep into the ground, or a vertical shaft in a mine, as in 「竪穴住居」; 「ピット」 does not stress the vertical direction.
• AntonymマウンドNeutralThe raised mound a pitcher stands on, or any heaped-up mound of earth; the opposite of the sunken 「ピット」 in height and shape.
• AntonymおかNeutralA common word for a hill or knoll rising above its surroundings; contrasts with low-lying pits like 「ピット」 in terrain height.

Use 「ピット」 for a racing pit, long-jump sand pit, bowling pit and the like. For a hollow or dent in a surface, say 「くぼみ」; a vertical shaft is 「竪穴」, a mine pit 「坑」. The opposites are 「マウンド」 and 「丘」.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. あな。くぼみ。
2. 陸上りくじょう競技きょうぎの跳躍ちょうやく競技きょうぎで着地ちゃくちする場所ばしょ。
3. ボーリングでボールやピン同士どうしがあたり倒たおされたピンが落おちる所ところ。
4. 自動車じどうしゃレースでレース中ちゅうに自動車じどうしゃを整備せいびする場所ばしょ。