欠点
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Japanese
[edit]| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 欠 | 点 |
| けつ > けっ Grade: 4 |
てん Grade: 2 |
| kan'yōon | on'yomi |
| Alternative spellings |
|---|
| 缺點 (kyūjitai) 缺点 闕点 |
Etymology
[edit]From Middle Chinese compound 缺點 (MC khwet temX, literally “deficient, lacking” + “point, spot”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Tokyo) けってん [kèttéꜜǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])[1][2]
- (Tokyo) けってん [kèttéń] (Heiban – [0])[2] (a failing grade)
- IPA(key): [ke̞t̚tẽ̞ɴ]
Noun
[edit]- something that detracts from perfection: a fault, a flaw, a defect
- a disadvantage, a drawback
- a failing grade
- Synonym: 落第点 (rakudaiten)
See also
[edit]- (a failing grade): 満点 (manten, “a perfect score; full marks”)
References
[edit]- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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- Japanese terms spelled with 欠 read as けつ
- Japanese terms spelled with 点 read as てん
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- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese nouns
- Japanese terms spelled with fourth grade kanji
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- Japanese terms with 2 kanji