欠席|けっせきkesseki[0]heiban (flat)

JLPT N3approx.Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbabsence; non-attendance
    欠席けっせきされた友人ゆうじんたちのために、乾杯かんぱいしましょう。↗
    Let's drink to absent friends.
Conjugation
Dictionary form欠席する(けっせきする)
Polite (masu)欠席します(けっせきします)
Negative (nai)欠席しない(けっせきしない)
polite (masen)欠席しません(けっせきしません)
classical zu / nu欠席せず・欠席せぬ(けっせきせず・けっせきせぬ)
Past (ta)欠席した(けっせきした)
polite (mashita)欠席しました(けっせきしました)
Past negative (nakatta)欠席しなかった(けっせきしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)欠席しませんでした(けっせきしませんでした)
Te form欠席して(けっせきして)
Potential欠席できる(けっせきできる)
Passive欠席される(けっせきされる)
Causative欠席させる(けっせきさせる)
Causative passive欠席させられる(けっせきさせられる)
Conditional (ba)欠席すれば(けっせきすれば)
tara欠席したら(けっせきしたら)
Volitional欠席しよう(けっせきしよう)
polite (mashou)欠席しましょう(けっせきしましょう)
Imperative欠席しろ(けっせきしろ)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Related欠場けつじょうWrittenWritten/formal prose: an athlete not appearing in a match, as in 「怪我で欠場する」. 「欠席」 is for classes and meetings.
  • Related欠勤けっきんWrittenWritten/formal prose: not going to work on a day or during hours one was due in. 「欠席」 is for classes and meetings.
  • Related不在ふざいNeutralNeutral: a person simply not being at a place, as in 「社長は不在です」. 「欠席」 specifically means not attending an event.
  • Related不参ふさんWrittenWritten/formal prose and rare: not attending a meeting or ceremony; in everyday speech 「欠席」 or 「不参加」 is used instead.
  • Antonym出席しゅっせきNeutralNeutral: the antonym; it means attending or being present, the opposite of 「欠席」 in whether one shows up.

Use 「欠席」 for missing class or a meeting. For absence from work say 「欠勤」; for an athlete sitting out a match, 「欠場」. 「不在」 is for a person not being at a place. The opposite is 「出席」.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

Japanese definitions
  1. 授業じゅぎょうや会議かいぎに出でないこと。
Kanji in this word
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