欠番

Japanese

Kanji in this term
欠	番
けつ Grade: 4	ばん Grade: 2
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
缺番 (kyūjitai)

Noun

欠(けつ)番(ばん) • (ketsuban) 

1. missing number in a series

   永久(えいきゅう)欠番(けつばん)

   eikyū ketsuban

   retired number (baseball, etc.)

   (literally, “forever missing number”)