noun
feeling of lack; sense of something missing
Describes a subjective awareness that something is absent or incomplete, often used in psychological or emotional contexts.
彼は成功しても、どこか欠落感を抱えていた。
Even after succeeding, he still felt a sense that something was missing.
この部屋には欠落感がある。何かが足りない気がする。
This room has a feeling of incompleteness. It feels like something is missing.
空虚感 is a feeling of emptiness or hollowness, often more existential, while 欠落感 focuses on the awareness of a specific missing element.
Compound of 欠落 (けつらく, 'lack, omission') and 感 (かん, 'feeling, sense').