欠勤|けっきんkekkin[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbabsence (from work)
    この間あいだの金曜日きんようびの欠勤けっきんを弁解べんかいできるからね。↗
    Can you account for your absence last Friday?
Conjugation
Dictionary form欠勤する(けっきんする)
Polite (masu)欠勤します(けっきんします)
Negative (nai)欠勤しない(けっきんしない)
polite (masen)欠勤しません(けっきんしません)
classical zu / nu欠勤せず・欠勤せぬ(けっきんせず・けっきんせぬ)
Past (ta)欠勤した(けっきんした)
polite (mashita)欠勤しました(けっきんしました)
Past negative (nakatta)欠勤しなかった(けっきんしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)欠勤しませんでした(けっきんしませんでした)
Te form欠勤して(けっきんして)
Potential欠勤できる(けっきんできる)
Passive欠勤される(けっきんされる)
Causative欠勤させる(けっきんさせる)
Causative passive欠勤させられる(けっきんさせられる)
Conditional (ba)欠勤すれば(けっきんすれば)
tara欠勤したら(けっきんしたら)
Volitional欠勤しよう(けっきんしよう)
polite (mashou)欠勤しましょう(けっきんしましょう)
Imperative欠勤しろ(けっきんしろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Related欠場けつじょうNeutralUsed when a player sits out a game, as in 「怪我で欠場」; 「欠勤」 is about missing work.
  • Related欠席けっせきNeutralAbsence from classes or meetings; 「欠勤」 is used only for missing work.
  • Related不在ふざいNeutralBeing away or not present, e.g. not at home (「留守」); 「欠勤」 is about missing work.
  • Related不参ふさんWrittenWritten/formal prose word for not attending a meeting or event; rare, and 「欠勤」 refers only to absence from work.
  • Antonym出勤しゅっきんNeutralGoing to work; the opposite of the absence from work expressed by 「欠勤」.

Use 「欠勤」 for absence from work, as in 「無断欠勤」. For missing school or a meeting use 「欠席」, and for sitting out a match 「欠場」. 「出勤」 is its opposite, going to work.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 本来ほんらい勤務きんむすべき日ひまたは時間じかんを休やすむこと。
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