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Keyword

lack of

Info

Frequency	Top 900-1000
Type	Kyōiku (4th grade) ?
	Shinjitai ?
Kanken	Level 7
Heisig	505
Old form	缺
Readings	か (34%) かけ (19%) けつ (19%) けっ (19%) けん (6%)
	あくびがかき

Composed of

hook claw

person

Mnemonic

This person has a hook claw instead of a head. Normal people need a head, but this is a zombie, so the lack of a head doesn't bother it in the slightest.

Used in kanji (28 in total)

next

desire

drink

blow

song

delight

envy (without malice)

deceive

soft (consistency)

cook

fit into

Europe

grief

gargle

goodwill

elation

circumspect

pitfall

fail

???

exhausted

prick up (one's ears)

???

???

set in

gulp down

barbarian tribe

Europe [old]

Used in vocabulary (164 in total)

to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)

欠かけ片ら

fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred

to miss (doing); to fail (to do)

Examples (200 in total)

人ひとの気け配はいの欠かけ片らでもなかった。

There wasn't even a hint of human presence.

あの男おとこに欠かけているのは勇ゆう気きだ。

What he lacks is courage.

彼かれには勇ゆう気きが欠かけている。

He is lacking in courage.