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    3. 欠片

    欠片

    欠かけ片ら

    fragment

    KMT7CoreNounCore ConceptsKanji Vocab8 strokes

    欠けら

    かけら

    Noun

    1.
    fragment, broken piece, chip, splinter, shard
    word usually written using kana alone
    2.
    ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.), trace, shred, scrap
    word usually written using kana alone

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    ガラスの欠かけ片らが床ゆかに散ちらばっていた。

    Fragments of glass were scattered on the floor.

    KMT6Daily LifeHome & Housing
    彼かれの言こと葉ばには、真しん実じつの欠かけ片らもなかった。

    There wasn't a shred of truth in his words.

    KMT7Core ConceptsEmotions & Psychology
    考こう古こ学がく者しゃは古こ代だいの土ど器きの欠かけ片らを発はっ見けんした。

    Archaeologists discovered fragments of ancient pottery.

    KMT7HistoryScience & Math
    彼かれの心こころには、まだ希き望ぼうの欠かけ片らが残のこっていた。

    A fragment of hope still remained in his heart.

    KMT7Emotions & PsychologyCore Concepts
    記き憶おくの欠かけ片らをたどり、失うしなわれた過か去こを呼よび戻もどそうとした。

    I tried to trace fragments of memory and recall the lost past.

    KMT8Core ConceptsEmotions & Psychology

    Kanji that make up this word

    欠
    か.ける・か.く…(2)
    lack・gap・fail・yawning radical (no. 76)
    片
    かた-・かた…(1)
    one-sided・leaf・sheet・right-side kata radical (no. 91)
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