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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.
書類に脱字があった。
There was a missing character in the document.
誤字脱字がないか確認してください。
Please check for typos and missing characters.
急いで書いたので、脱字が多くなってしまった。
Because I wrote in a hurry, I ended up with many dropped characters.
USAGE:
Almost always appears in the set phrase 誤字脱字 (typos and missing characters), which is the standard way to refer to typographical errors in Japanese. 誤字 means an incorrect character, while 脱字 means a missing one. Together they cover the main types of writing errors.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 誤字脱字 (typos and omissions — the standard pair)
- 脱字がある (there is a missing character)
- 脱字を直す (to fix a missing character)
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 誤字: wrong character — the complementary error type (writing the wrong character)
- 誤植: misprint, typo — specifically refers to printing errors