欠損

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
けつ > けっ
Grade: 4
そん
Grade: 5
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
缺損 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Noun

欠損(けっそん) (kesson

  1. loss, deficit
    欠損(けっそん)(おぎな)ために支出(ししゅつ)(ひか)える
    kesson o oginau tame ni shishutsu o hikaeru
    to hold back expenditures in order to make up for the loss
  2. partially broken, partially missing
    四肢(しし)欠損(けっそん)
    shishi kesson
    limb deficiency

Verb

欠損(けっそん)する (kesson surusuru (stem 欠損(けっそん) (kesson shi), past 欠損(けっそん)した (kesson shita))

  1. to suffer a loss, deficit
  2. to be partially missing, broken

Conjugation

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN