かける
Meanings
Verb (1-dan, intransitive)
1. to chip; to be chipped; to break (off); to be damaged
The blade was chipped.
2. to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to become lost
Not a single person must be missing.
3. to be lacking (in); to be short (of); to be deficient; to be wanting (in)
There was too little information to predict it.
4. to wane (of the moon); to go into eclipse
also 虧ける
Only the waning moon watched over the two as they passed each other.
Pitch accent
か
ける
Used in vocabulary (3 in total)
to be lacking a trump card; to be lacking conclusive evidence
to be lacking a trump card; to be lacking conclusive evidence
to lack in common sense
Examples (34 in total)
The blade was chipped.
Not a single person must be missing.
He lacks common sense.
I'm saying that there is a lack of tension.
There is a lack of fundamental understanding.
This plate is chipped.
Mary lacks common sense.
He lacks judgement.
She is lacking in sense of beauty.
He lacks moral sense.
What he lacks is courage.
The blade of the kitchen knife got chipped.
My fingertips are rough, and my nails are chipped.
His explanation is unconvincing.
We cannot afford to lose a single one of us!
This organization lacks unity.
Calcium is absent from his diet.
Nancy seems to lack sincerity.
The girl lacked musical ability.
Your explanation lacks concreteness.
The teeth of the saw got chipped.
There are also training sessions that cannot be conducted if club members are absent.
After the full moon, the moon wanes.
All these devices are unreliable.
I was grateful that we finished the battle without anyone being missing.
There was too little information to predict it.
The case got a little chipped, but it can't be helped.
Only the waning moon watched over the two as they passed each other.
We will make up for the missing parts and keep moving forward from now on.
What I'm lacking in most right now is probably my concentration.
The main thing that dreams lack is consistency.
The wooden sign was chipped away, but the letters could still be read somehow.
Then, if even one factor had been missing, would we have been able to win?
The lack of harmony between colors makes this painting stand out.