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欠く is an exact match with one form of the following word:
欠く
BOOST
Reading : かく   
'ku' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to chip; to nick; to break; to crack
2. to lack
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Usefulness and usage:
Kanshudo usefulness level: 5 (among the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese)
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欠く is the most useful form. 2 additional forms are shown below.
This word is a member of our collection of the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese:
• This form is used about 10% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 77,000 (about 3,680,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N1 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 4879 (see iKnow! collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 6282
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
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Example sentences:
くるま
こうがい
郊外
せいかつ
生活
こと
でき
出来
ない
ものである
Cars are indispensable to suburban life.
もちろん
くうき
空気
にっこう
日光
とともに
まいにち
毎日
せいかつ
生活
かせぬ
ものである
Air as well as sunlight is, needless to say, indispensable to our daily life.
すいみん
睡眠
けんこう
健康
ことできないものです
Sleep is essential to health.
かく
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 90% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 16,000 (about 41,300,000 results)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
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闕く
BOOST
Reading : かく   
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• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 216,000 (about 148,000 results)
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ケツ   か to lack   かける to be lacking   
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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
corner
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