欠席

Japanese
Kanji in this term
欠 席
けつ > けっ
Grade: 4		 せき
Grade: 4
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
缺席 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

欠 is a daiyōji replacing 缺.

Pronunciation

Noun

欠(けっ)席(せき) • (kesseki) 

  1. absence
    会議(かいぎ)への欠席(けっせき)を通知(つうち)した。
    Kaigi e no kesseki o tsūchi shita.
    He notified his absence from the summit.

Antonyms

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  3. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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