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JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

欠かける

N3
かける kakeru
  1. to be lacking
ichidan verbintransitive

Chinese meanings

缺少;缺损

Examples

  • メアリーは思おもいやりに欠かけている。
    Mary is lacking in delicacy.
    玛丽缺乏体贴之心。
  • 奥おく歯ばが欠かけました。
    My back tooth has chipped.
    我的后槽牙缺了一块。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('b5afc90a96'); // 欠ける
{
  "id": "b5afc90a96",
  "word": "欠ける",
  "reading": "かける",
  "romaji": "kakeru",
  "meanings": [
    "to be lacking"
  ],
  "level": "N3",
  "pos": [
    "v1",
    "vi"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1253920,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "メアリーは思いやりに欠けている。",
      "furigana": "メアリーは{思|おも}いやりに{欠|か}けている。",
      "en": "Mary is lacking in delicacy.",
      "tatoeba_id": 194593
    },
    {
      "ja": "奥歯が欠けました。",
      "furigana": "{奥歯|おくば}が{欠|か}けました。",
      "en": "My back tooth has chipped.",
      "tatoeba_id": 188549
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "509a664f4e6fdaa820fffe26f847aac7a10bdd60d2de99cad0baaf08ca8e00c8",
    "meanings": [
      "缺少",
      "缺损"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "メアリーは思いやりに欠けている。",
        "zh": "玛丽缺乏体贴之心。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "奥歯が欠けました。",
        "zh": "我的后槽牙缺了一块。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n3/b5afc90a96",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1253920; local JMdict_e.gz",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "891f3fa83df12b51522286d47daa21f0c3ec49429f5fb77e640b5a6c98876e47"
  }
}