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
- to chip; to be chipped; to break (off); to be damaged · ichidan verb, intransitive
- to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to become lost · ichidan verb, intransitive
- to be lacking (in); to be short (of); to be deficient; to be wanting (in) · ichidan verb, intransitive
- to wane (of the moon); to go into eclipse · ichidan verb, intransitive · also 虧ける
Example sentences
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.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| 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.