欠席 (けっせき, kesseki) Japanese meaning: absence | Kotomora

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欠席する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

absence; non-attendance

Used for missing a class, meeting, event, or other scheduled gathering. Often used with する to mean 'to be absent'.

Antonyms: 出席

休やすむN5
休む is a general, everyday verb for taking a day off or resting, while 欠席 is a more formal, specific term for not attending a class, meeting, or event.
欠けつ場じょう
欠席 is general absence from meetings, classes, or gatherings, while 欠場 specifically means not appearing in a scheduled sports match, performance, or competition.
欠けつ
欠席 is the standard word for being absent from a class or meeting, while 欠 alone is a terser, more formal or abbreviated way of expressing the same absence.
不ふ在ざいN1
欠席 specifically means absence from a scheduled event, meeting, or class, whereas 不在 more broadly means not being at a place one is expected to be.
棄き権けんN1
欠席 simply means being absent from a class, meeting, or event, while 棄権 implies voluntarily giving up a right such as voting or competing.

出しゅっ席せきN4
attendance; presence
一いち座ざ
欠席 means being absent from a gathering, the direct opposite of 一座's sense of being present.
同どう席せき
同席 means being present together at an event, while 欠席 means being absent from it.
参さん列れつ
欠席 means being absent from an event, the opposite of 参列, which means being present.

遅ち刻こくN4
欠席 means not attending at all, whereas 遅刻 means arriving late to something you do attend.
早そう退たいN3
早退 means leaving partway through an event, whereas 欠席 means not attending it at all from the start.
休きゅう講こうN2
休講 means the class itself is cancelled, whereas 欠席 means a student or participant is absent from a class that is still held.
出

Compound of 欠 (lack, be missing) and 席 (seat, gathering place). The meaning 'absence from a seat/meeting' is transparent from the kanji.