漏れ
Meanings
Refers to physical leaks of liquid, gas, or information. Often used as a suffix in compounds like ガス漏れ (gas leak) or 情報漏れ (information leak).
A water leak occurred from the pipe.
Measures to prevent personal information leaks are necessary.
Used for something left out or missed, such as an item in a list or a detail in a plan. Common in phrases like 漏れなく (without omission) or チェック漏れ (checking oversight).
Please check that there are no omissions in the application.
I carelessly left his name off the list.
Internet slang first-person pronoun, derived from 俺 (ore). Casual and often used in online communities or by younger speakers. Can sound rough or overly familiar in formal contexts.
See also: 俺
I'm gonna binge-play games again today.
My favorite idol is just too amazing.
Usage patterns
- 〈物〉漏れが発生するfor a leak (of gas, water, information, etc.) to occur
A gas leak occurred at the factory.
- 〈事〉に漏れがあるthere is an omission in something
There was an omission in the submitted documents.
- 漏れを防ぐto prevent a leak (of information, liquid, etc.)
We strengthened the password to prevent an information leak.
- 漏れをチェックするto check for omissions
Please check for any missing entries before submitting.
- 漏れなく〈動詞〉to do something without leaving anything out
I checked everyone's name without missing any.