Translation guide
In Japanese, the concept of an 'omitted character' is typically expressed by describing the act of omission or the character itself, rather than a single noun phrase. The most natural translations depend on context: whether you're talking about a missing letter in a word, a dropped kanji in a name, or a typographical error.
Describing a letter, symbol, or kanji that was accidentally or intentionally omitted from a text.
This word is missing one character.
Please fill in the omitted character.
More formal/literary term for a missing or omitted character, often used in technical or editorial contexts.
Several omitted characters can be seen in the original text.
Similar to 欠落 but emphasizes the character 'dropping out' from a sequence. Used in philology or textual criticism.
There are many omitted characters in the manuscript.
Referring to the action or process of leaving out a character, rather than the character itself.
Specifically referring to a character missing due to a printing error, encoding issue, or display problem.
Refers to garbled or corrupted characters, often due to encoding issues. While not exactly 'omitted', it can describe a character that appears as a blank or placeholder.
A missing character in printing or typesetting. Often used in the context of old books or woodblock prints.
The English phrase 'omitted character' does not have a single direct equivalent in Japanese. Translating it word-for-word as 「省略された文字」 is understandable but sounds unnatural. Instead, use context-appropriate phrases like 抜けた文字 or describe the action.
Rather than 'shouryaku sareta moji', 'nuketa moji' is more natural.
In abbreviations, omission of characters is common.
うっかり一文字抜かしちゃった。
I accidentally omitted one character.
When I open this file, some characters are garbled and not displayed.
This woodblock print has many omitted characters.