欠ける

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 4
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
缺ける (kyūjitai)
闕ける

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "欠ける"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
欠ける ける [kàkérú]
Imperative (命令形) 欠けろ けろ [kàkéró]
Key constructions
Passive 欠けられる けられる [kàkérárérú]
Causative 欠けさせる けさせる [kàkésásérú]
Potential - - -
Volitional 欠けよう けよ [kàkéyóꜜò]
Negative 欠けない けない [kàkénáí]
Negative perfective 欠けなかった けなかった [kàkénáꜜkàttà]
Formal 欠けます けま [kàkémáꜜsù]
Perfective 欠けた けた [kàkétá]
Conjunctive 欠けて けて [kàkété]
Hypothetical conditional 欠ければ けれ [kàkéréꜜbà]

Verb

()ける • (kakeru) intransitive ichidan (stem () (kake), past ()けた (kaketa))

Japanese verb pair
active 欠く
mediopassive 欠ける
  1. be damaged, be broken
    奥歯(おくば)()けた
    okuba ga kaketa
    broke a back tooth
    (literally, “a back tooth broke”)
  2. be missing, to lack
    能力(のうりょく)()けている
    nōryoku ga kaketeiru
    lacking ability
    (literally, “ability is lacking”)
  3. be insufficient, be short
    人権(じんけん)意識(いしき)()けた
    jinken ishiki ni kaketa
    lacking [sufficient] awareness of human rights
    (literally, “lacking towards awareness of human rights”)
  4. for the moon to wane
    ()けた(つき)
    kaketa tsuki
    waning moon
    (つき)()けているよう()える
    tsuki ga kaketeiru yō ni mieru
    it looks as if the moon is waning

Conjugation

References

  1. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1974), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Second edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō
  2. Hirayama, Teruo, editor (1960), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, Nationwide Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN
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