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Grade 4JLPT N3

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

4 strokes · frequency rank #860

On
ケツ、ケン
Kun
か.ける、か.く

Stroke order

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  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4

Common words

  1. けっかんdefect; fault; flaw; deformity1
    • This system has obvious defects.

    • This system is bristling with defects and drawbacks.

    • We detected a great fault in the system.

  2. かかすto miss (doing); to fail (to do)2
    • In sport, team harmony is vital to success.

    • He never misses reading the papers every morning.

    • We cannot do without salt even for a single day.

  3. ふかけつindispensable; essential3
    • Freedom is the breath of life.

    • The sun is essential to life.

    • Trial and error is essential to progress.

  4. けっせきabsence; non-attendance4
    • Let's drink to absent friends.

    • I absented myself from the meeting.

    • I was absent from the meeting.

  5. しゅっけつattendance or absence5
  6. かくto chip; to nick; to break; to crack6
    • He was devoid of human feeling.

    • Water is indispensable to plants.

    • I've chipped off a piece of the glass.

  7. けつぼうdeficiency; insufficiency; shortage; lack7
    • Knowledge is scarce; wisdom is scarcer.

    • Waste makes want.

    • Waste not, want not.

  8. あくびyawn; yawning8
    • His lectures are terribly boring.

    • He yawned heavily.

    • I suppressed a yawn.

  9. けついんvacant position; vacancy; opening; unfilled position9
  10. けつじょうabsence; not taking part10

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