Word details

事欠く

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 事欠く.

Dictionary

Entry

事欠くとかIntransitiveGodan verbFreq #21126
1

to lack

Examples
彼は贅沢品は言うまでもなく、日用品を買うのにも事欠く
He cannot afford the common comforts of life, not to mention luxuries.

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

matter, thing, fact, business, reason, possibly

8 strokesFrequency 18JLPT N3Grade 3

On

Kun

ことつか.うつか.える

Nanori

lack, gap, fail, yawning radical (no. 76)

4 strokesFrequency 860JLPT N2Grade 4

On

ケツケン

Kun

か.けるか.く

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