欠落|けつらくketsuraku[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, intransitive verblack; absence; omission
    男女だんじょ関係かんけいにおける嫉妬しっとはしばしば信頼しんらいの欠落けつらくによってもたらされる。↗
    Jealousy in a relationship is often brought about by a lack of trust.
Conjugation
Dictionary form欠落する(けつらくする)
Polite (masu)欠落します(けつらくします)
Negative (nai)欠落しない(けつらくしない)
polite (masen)欠落しません(けつらくしません)
classical zu / nu欠落せず・欠落せぬ(けつらくせず・けつらくせぬ)
Past (ta)欠落した(けつらくした)
polite (mashita)欠落しました(けつらくしました)
Past negative (nakatta)欠落しなかった(けつらくしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)欠落しませんでした(けつらくしませんでした)
Te form欠落して(けつらくして)
Potential欠落できる(けつらくできる)
Passive欠落される(けつらくされる)
Causative欠落させる(けつらくさせる)
Causative passive欠落させられる(けつらくさせられる)
Conditional (ba)欠落すれば(けつらくすれば)
tara欠落したら(けつらくしたら)
Volitional欠落しよう(けつらくしよう)
polite (mashou)欠落しましょう(けつらくしましょう)
Imperative欠落しろ(けつらくしろ)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym欠如けつじょWrittenWritten/formal prose for the lack of something, typically an ability or awareness, as in 「責任感の欠如」.
  • Related欠乏けつぼうWrittenWritten/formal prose for a shortage of something needed, as in 「ビタミン欠乏」 or 「睡眠の欠乏」; 「欠落」 is about a part dropping out of a whole.
  • Related不足ふそくNeutralThe most general word for insufficiency or shortage; 「欠落」 specifically means a part that should be there has dropped out or gone missing.
  • Related払底ふっていFormalFormal term for supplies running out, as in 「在庫が払底する」; rare in everyday use.
  • Related乏しさNeutralA nominalized way of saying something is scarce or meager; refers to the degree of scarcity and is not much used.
  • Antonym充足じゅうそくWrittenWritten/formal prose antonym meaning sufficiency; the opposite of the missing or dropped-out sense of 「欠落」.
  • Antonym完備かんびWrittenWritten/formal prose antonym for being fully equipped, as in 「冷暖房完備」; the opposite of 「欠落」.

Use 「欠落」 when a part that should be there drops out of a whole, as in 「記憶の欠落」 or 「データが欠落する」. For a general shortage say 「不足」; for lack of an ability or awareness, 「欠如」; when everything needed is in place, 「完備」.

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

Japanese definitions
  1. (けつらく)全体ぜんたいのうちの一部いちぶがかけ落おちること。
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