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

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN