Illustration: Beside a community baseball diamond, a uniformed reserve player sits at the very end of the team bench, glove already on and eyes fixed on the field. The regular players occupy their positions beyond the fence.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

補ほ欠けつ

hoketsu

alternate, reserve

Example sentences

  1. 怠学たいがくによる出席日数不足しゅっせきにっすうふそくで中退ちゅうたいするところだったが、1954年ねんに卒業そつぎょうして松竹しょうちくに補欠ほけつ入社にゅうしゃする。

    Although he almost dropped out of school due to skipping classes and failing to attend sufficient days, he graduated in 1954 and was accepted by Shochiku after being put on their waiting list

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  2. しかし、山田やまだが松竹しょうちくに補欠ほけつ合格ごうかくしたため、日活にっかつに補欠合格ほけつごうかくすることができ、1954年ねんに助監督じょかんとくとして入社にゅうしゃ。

    However, because Yamada was accepted as a backup candidate by Shochiku, he was able to be a backup for Nikkatsu as well, and he joined the company as an assistant director in 1954.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 兄あには野球部やきゅうぶの補欠ほけつだった。

    My older brother was a reserve player on the baseball team.

    Written by AI for Bebop

Kanji in 補欠

  • 補supplement; compensateOnホKunおぎなう
  • 欠lack; gapOnケツ・ケンKunかける・かく

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