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欠席 JLPT 3

Kana Reading

けっせき

Romaji

kesseki

Word Senses

Parts of speech

noun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru

Meaning

absence; non-attendance

Example sentence

パーティーを欠席した言い訳に作り話をこねあげた。 I concocted an excuse for missing the party.

Examples of 欠席, けっせき in a sentence

パーティーを欠席した言い訳に作り話をこねあげた。

I concocted an excuse for missing the party.
無断で欠席すべきではない。

You should not be absent without notice.
母親が病気のその少女は今日欠席している。

The girl whose mother is ill is absent today.
病気のため彼女は欠席していた。

She was absent on the ground of illness.
彼女以外は誰も欠席してなかった。

No one was absent except her.
彼女は無断で学校を欠席した。

She was absent from school without notice.

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Kanji in this word

欠 JLPT 3

4 strokes

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

On'Yomi: ケツ, ケン

Kun'Yomi: か.ける, か.く

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席 JLPT 3

10 strokes

seat, mat, occasion, place

On'Yomi: セキ

Kun'Yomi: むしろ

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