欠かく

かく kaku

to lack
to break
to crack
to chip

godan verbtransitive

Chinese meanings

缺少；欠缺

Examples

Furigana

彼かれは人にん間げんとしての感かん情じょうを欠かいていた。
He was devoid of human feeling.
他缺乏作为人的感情。
Tatoeba #103567
恩おん人じんに礼れい節せつを欠かいてはなりませんよ。
You must not lack decorum dealing with your benefactors.
对恩人不可失礼。
Tatoeba #76316

Use this entry in code

import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('939c8fef9e'); // 欠く

{
  "id": "939c8fef9e",
  "word": "欠く",
  "reading": "かく",
  "romaji": "kaku",
  "meanings": [
    "to lack",
    "to break",
    "to crack",
    "to chip"
  ],
  "level": "N1",
  "pos": [
    "v5k",
    "vt"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1253900,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "彼は人間としての感情を欠いていた。",
      "furigana": "{彼|かれ}は{人間|にんげん}としての{感情|かんじょう}を{欠|か}いていた。",
      "en": "He was devoid of human feeling.",
      "tatoeba_id": 103567
    },
    {
      "ja": "恩人に礼節を欠いてはなりませんよ。",
      "furigana": "{恩人|おんじん}に{礼節|れいせつ}を{欠|か}いてはなりませんよ。",
      "en": "You must not lack decorum dealing with your benefactors.",
      "tatoeba_id": 76316
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "source_hash": "640e741729c9346010278b568f8df5732b0b82ca81ef57e34f6f88c7f380e74c",
    "meanings": [
      "缺少",
      "欠缺"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "彼は人間としての感情を欠いていた。",
        "zh": "他缺乏作为人的感情。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "恩人に礼節を欠いてはなりませんよ。",
        "zh": "对恩人不可失礼。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n1/939c8fef9e",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1253900; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "review_hash": "fa55d25e736ce2b9d305de6077a7bd9a0771e979c0cd76143340f077915aa522",
    "status": "reviewed",
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28"
  }
}