JLPT N3 · Verb

欠ける (kakeru)

欠ける (かける, kakeru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to chip; to be chipped”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
かける
Romaji
kakeru
Word class
Ichidan verb (る-verb)
Level
JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. to chip; to be chipped; to break (off); to be damaged · ichidan verb, intransitive
  2. to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to become lost · ichidan verb, intransitive
  3. to be lacking (in); to be short (of); to be deficient; to be wanting (in) · ichidan verb, intransitive
  4. to wane (of the moon); to go into eclipse · ichidan verb, intransitive · also 虧ける

Example sentences

奥歯が欠けました。
My back tooth has chipped.
夢に欠けている主な事は首尾一貫性である。
The main thing that dreams lack is consistency.
メアリーは思いやりに欠けている。
Mary is lacking in delicacy.

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 欠ける

Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionary欠けるかける kakeru
Polite (~masu)欠けますかけます kakemasu
Negative欠けないかけない kakenai
Polite negative欠けませんかけません kakemasen
Past欠けたかけた kaketa
Polite past欠けましたかけました kakemashita
Negative past欠けなかったかけなかった kakenakatta
Te-form欠けてかけて kakete
Potential欠けられるかけられる kakerareru
Passive欠けられるかけられる kakerareru
Causative欠けさせるかけさせる kakesaseru
Volitional欠けようかけよう kakeyou
Imperative欠けろかけろ kakero
Conditional (~ba)欠ければかければ kakereba

Kanji in 欠ける

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 欠ける.

Source: JMdict entry 1253920 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.