欠席

Japanese

Kanji in this term
欠	席
けつ > けっ Grade: 4	せき Grade: 4
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
缺席 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

欠 is a daiyōji replacing 缺.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) けっせき [kèssékí] (Heiban – [0])[1][2][3]
IPA^(key): [ke̞sːe̞kʲi]

Noun

欠(けっ)席(せき) • (kesseki)

absence
会議(かいぎ)への欠席(けっせき)を通知(つうち)した。
Kaigi e no kesseki o tsūchi shita.
He notified his absence from the summit.

Antonyms

出(しゅっ)席(せき) (shusseki)

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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