欠けつ如じょ

け

つ

じょ

Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

1

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

Formal noun and する-verb for the state of something necessary being missing or insufficient. Often used in official, academic, or business contexts.

彼かれ

の

説せつ

明めい

に

は

具ぐ

体たい

性せい

の

欠けつ

如じょ

が

目め

立だ

つ

。

His explanation shows a conspicuous lack of concreteness.

不ふ足そく
不足 is a more common, everyday word for shortage or insufficiency. 欠如 is more formal and often implies a complete absence of something essential.
欠けつ乏ぼう
欠乏 also means deficiency or scarcity, but is often used for material or physical shortages (e.g., vitamin deficiency). 欠如 is broader and can refer to abstract qualities.

Compound of 欠 (lack, gap) and 如 (like, as if), with the combined sense of 'as if something is missing'. The exact historical derivation is uncertain.