缺
缺

lack, gap, fail

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ケツケン

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か.けるか.く

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Common Words

欠ける缺ける闕けるかけるIntransitiveIchidan verbFreq #2784
1

to chip; to be chipped; to break (off); to be damaged

Examples
奥歯が欠けました。
My back tooth has chipped.
2

to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to become lost

Examples
夢に欠けている主な事は首尾一貫性である。
The main thing that dreams lack is consistency.
3

to be lacking (in); to be short (of); to be deficient; to be wanting (in)

Examples
メアリーは思いやりに欠けている。
Mary is lacking in delicacy.
4

Also 虧ける

to wane (of the moon); to go into eclipse

欠乏けつぼう闕乏NounIntransitive～する VerbFreq #29309
1

deficiency; insufficiency; shortage; lack; want; dearth; scarcity

Examples
知識は欠乏しており、知恵はさらに乏しい。
Knowledge is scarce; wisdom is scarcer.
欠けつ缺NounFreq #33942
1

lack; deficiency; vacancy

2

absence; non-attendance

欠けかけ闕け缺けNounFreq #47218
1

fragment; splinter

2

wane (of the Moon)

無欠むけつ無缺Noun～な Adj.～の Adj.Freq #96081
1

flawless

残欠残闕ざんけつ残缺NounFreq #206878
1

fragment (e.g. of works); incomplete set; incomplete state

欠缺けんけつNounFreq #236925
1

lacuna; gap where something is lacked

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