欠ける - Kiokun Dictionary

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Japanese

欠ける、缺ける、闕けるかける同音

Ichidan/ru-verb

to chip; to be chipped; to break (off); to be damaged
to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to become lost
to be lacking (in); to be short (of); to be deficient; to be wanting (in)
to wane (of the moon); to go into eclipse (also 虧ける)

Notes

Example Sentences

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奥歯が欠けました。

My back tooth has chipped.

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.

メアリーは思いやりに欠けている。

Mary is lacking in delicacy.

Contains

qiàn か.ける 흠

yawn, deficient

verb-forming suffix

quē か.ける 결

be short of, lack