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    3. 欠席

    欠席

    欠けっ席せき

    absence

    N3KMT6News #10+1CoreNoun, Participle, Verb, IntransitiveEducationWork & CareerKanji Vocab14 strokes

    けっせき

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    absence, non-attendance

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    彼かれは今きょ日うの会かい議ぎを欠けっ席せきしました。

    He was absent from today's meeting.

    KMT5Work & CareerDaily Life
    病びょう気きのため、学がっ校こうを欠けっ席せきすることになった。

    I had to be absent from school due to illness.

    KMT6EducationMedicine & Health
    欠けっ席せきの際さいは、事じ前ぜんに上じょう司しに連れん絡らくしてください。

    In case of absence, please contact your supervisor in advance.

    KMT6Work & CareerDaily Life
    欠けっ席せきが続つづく場ば合あい、単たん位いを落おとす可か能のう性せいがあります。

    If absences continue, there is a possibility of failing credits.

    KMT7Education
    重じゅう要ような国こく際さい会かい議ぎでの彼かれの欠けっ席せきは、外がい交こう問もん題だいに発はっ展てんする可か能のう性せいがあった。

    His absence from the important international conference had the potential to develop into a diplomatic issue.

    KMT8Politics & LawWork & Career

    Kanji that make up this word

    欠
    か.ける・か.く…(2)
    lack・gap・fail・yawning radical (no. 76)
    席
    むしろ…(1)
    seat・mat・occasion・place
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