Illustration: Inside a camping tent, a camper repeatedly presses the switch of a flashlight that produces no light. Their companion has unscrewed the rear cap and holds the flashlight so its completely empty battery compartment is plainly visible.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

欠けつ如じょ

ketsujo

lack, absence

Example sentences

  1. 柔軟性じゅうなんせいの欠如けつじょは進歩しんぽの障害しょうがいとなる。

    Lack of flexibility is an obstacle to one’s progress.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 若者わかものと老人ろうじんの間まにはコミュニケーションの欠如けつじょがある。

    There is a lack of communication between the young and the old.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 人生じんせいを退屈たいくつにするのは動機どうきの欠如けつじょである。

    What makes life dreary is the want of motivation.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 欠如

  • 欠lack; gapOnケツ・ケンKunかける・かく
  • 如likeness; likeOnジョ・ニョKunごとし

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