Japanese symbol for “absentee”
欠席者
けっせきしゃ
Romaji: kessekisha
absentee
In Japanese, absentee is 欠席者, read けっせきしゃ (kessekisha).
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Meanings
- n absentee
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “absentee”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 欠勤者 | けっきんしゃ kekkinsha | absentee |
| 不在者 | ふざいしゃ fuzaisha | absentee |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 欠陥 | けっかん kekkan | defect; fault; flaw |
| 不可欠 | ふかけつ fukaketsu | indispensable; essential |
| 欠点 | けってん ketten | fault; defect; flaw |
| 欠席 | けっせき kesseki | absence; non-attendance |
| 欠如 | けつじょ ketsujo | lack; absence; shortage |
| 補欠 | ほけつ hoketsu | filling a vacancy; supplementation |
| 出席 | しゅっせき shusseki | attendance; presence; appearance |
| 座席 | ざせき zaseki | seat (esp. in public places or places with assigned seating); seating |
| 患者 | かんじゃ kanja | patient |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.