Illustration: In a small apartment bedroom, a café employee rests beneath a duvet and speaks wearily into a phone. Their clean work apron and packed commuter bag remain unused on a chair beside the bed.

JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

欠けっ勤きん

kekkin

to be absent from work

Example sentences

  1. トムは今日きょう、欠勤けっきんなの？

    Is Tom absent today?

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  2. 彼女かのじょは無断むだんで欠勤けっきんした。

    She was absent without leave.

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  3. 上司じょうしはよく欠勤けっきんするといって私わたしを叱しかった。

    My boss called me down for frequent absence from work.

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Kanji in 欠勤

  • 欠lack; gapOnケツ・ケンKunかける・かく
  • 勤diligence; become employedOnキン・ゴンKunつとめる・つとまる・いそしむ

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