Word Meaning 欠点

けってん ketten

欠点 is read as けってん (ketten) and means failure (in an examination).

Meaning

English

  1. failure (in an examination)
  2. failing grade
  3. fault
  4. defect
  5. flaw
  6. weak point
  7. weakness
  8. shortcoming

Reading

Kana

けってん

Romaji

ketten

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 13 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 4 Kanken 7級 Antonyms 美点,利点,長所 Related Words 死角,弱み,弱点,盲点,急所,ウィークポイント Rank 5101 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

画竜点睛を欠く

がりょうてんせいをかく

to be incomplete

欠席

けっせき

absence

欠員

けついん

vacancy

欠かす

かかす

to miss (doing)

欠場

けつじょう

absence

欠く

かく

to lack

欠ける

かける

to wane (of the moon)

けつ

absence

欠落

けつらく

lack

欠勤

けっきん

absence (from work)

合点

がてん

consent

地点

ちてん

spot

Example Sentences

10

このけいかくにはおおきなけってんがある。

This plan has a major flaw.

Everyone has faults.

No one is free from faults.

Everybody has some faults.

He is aware of his own fault.

Tom is aware of his own limitations.

Everyone is imperfect, and that's OK.

To be perfect she lacked just one defect.

Her weakness is that she talks too much.

Do not search for people's weaknesses, but for their strengths.