Word Meaning 欠かせない

かかせない kakasenai

欠かせない is read as かかせない (kakasenai) and means indispensable.

Meaning

English

  1. indispensable
  2. vital
  3. fundamental
  4. imperative
  5. crucial
  6. critical

Reading

Kana

かかせない

Romaji

kakasenai

Stroke Sequence

5 Characters • 16 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 4 Kanken 7級 Rank 140256 Priority W

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

欠点

けってん

failure (in an examination)

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)

欠本

けっぽん

missing volume

欠神発作

けっしんほっさ

absence seizure

Example Sentences

7

しけんにごうかくできず、かかせないじょうけんをみおとした。

He failed the exam because he overlooked an essential requirement.

Salt is crucial for cooking.

In order to realise this plan, putting an effort will be necessary.

For a business owner, having a clear overview of one's entire business is vital.

Would you still be studying Japanese if it weren't for anime?

On average, over 150,000 people use our city's trams each day (as of the end of March 2019). It's an indispensable mode of transport in our everyday lives.

Causing competitors to fail, obtaining confidential information, something that big business just can't do without - high risk but at the same time high return work.