脱字(だつじ)

だつじ
noun
omitted character; missing letter
education
1. omitted character; missing letter; dropped character
A character or letter that was accidentally left out of written text. A type of typographical error specific to missing characters.
書類(しょるい)に脱字(だつじ)があった。
There was a missing character in the document.
誤字(ごじ)脱字(だつじ)がないか確認(かくにん)してください。
Please check for typos and missing characters.
急(いそ)いで書(か)いたので、脱字(だつじ)が多(おお)くなってしまった。
Because I wrote in a hurry, I ended up with many dropped characters.

Usage

Almost always appears in the set phrase 誤字(ごじ)脱字(だつじ) (typos and missing characters), which is the standard way to refer to typographical errors in Japanese. 誤字(ごじ) means an incorrect character, while 脱字(だつじ) means a missing one. Together they cover the main types of writing errors.

Common collocations

  • 誤字(ごじ)脱字(だつじ) (typos and omissions — the standard pair)
  • 脱字(だつじ)がある (there is a missing character)
  • 脱字(だつじ)を直(なお)す (to fix a missing character)

Similar words

  • 誤字(ごじ): wrong character — the complementary error type (writing the wrong character)
  • 誤植(ごしょく): misprint, typo — specifically refers to printing errors

Related Words

Related: 誤字(ごじ) (wrong character)
Synonym: 誤植(ごしょく) (misprint)
Compare: 書(か)き間違(まちが)い (writing mistake)
Compare: 脱落(だつらく) (omission)
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Added 2026.3.14 9:03 · Revised 2026.9.4 21:31
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