Illustration: At a household-goods workshop, an inspector pours cool water into a newly made metal kettle over a shallow basin. A narrow stream immediately escapes through a short gap where the base seam was never fully joined.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

欠けっ陥かん

kekkan

defect, flaw

Example sentences

  1. このシステムには明あきらかな欠陥けっかんがある。

    This system has obvious defects.

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  2. この制度せいどは欠陥けっかんだらけだ。

    This system is bristling with defects and drawbacks.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 彼かれらは欠陥けっかんがないかとその機械きかいを調しらべた。

    They checked the machine for defects.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 欠陥

  • 欠lack; gapOnケツ・ケンKunかける・かく
  • 陥collapse; fall intoOnカンKunおちいる・おとしいれる

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