Vocab Info

N3 Ichidan verb, Intransitive verb

()けるto be chipped, to be damaged, to be broken, to be lacking, to be missing, to be insufficient, to be short, to be deficient, to be negligent toward, (of the moon) to wane, to go into eclipse

    Dictionary Definition

    1. Ichidan verb, Intransitive verb

      1.

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

    2. Ichidan verb, Intransitive verb

      2.

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

    3. Ichidan verb, Intransitive verb

      3.

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

    4. Ichidan verb, Intransitive verb

      4.

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

      also 虧ける,

      Antonyms:

    All Forms

    欠ける 【かける】缺ける 【かける】闕ける 【かける】

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    • Pitch Accent

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    Examples

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      今日(きょう)(つき)昨日(きのう)よりも(さら)()ています。

      Today's moon is waning even more than yesterday's.

      • N3

      (わたし)のこの漫画(まんが)コレクションには3巻(さんかん)()ている。

      Volume 3 is missing from this manga collection of mine.

      • N3

      今年(ことし)大学(だいがく)入学(にゅうがく)(しゃ)定員(ていいん)(たい)して50(めい)ほど()たそうだ。

      The university's enrollment this year was about 50 students short of its capacity.

      • N3

      (あたま)()いのに協調(きょうちょう)(せい)()ている彼女(かのじょ)非常(ひじょう)勿体(もったい)()いと(おも)います。

      I think it is a great shame that she is so smart but lacks coordination.

      • N3

      (ふち)()ているマグカップでコーヒーを()んだら(くちびる)()ってしまいました。

      I cut my lip when I drank coffee from a mug with a chipped rim.

      • N2
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