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🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

学校嫌いによる無断欠席

Pronunciation / Transliteration: gakkōgirai ni yoru mudankesseki

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Truancy/ˈtruː.ən.si/
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"無断欠席を防ぐために新しいプログラムが導入された。"

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1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    The action of staying away from school without good reason.

    "The school has introduced new measures to combat truancy and improve attendance."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Middle English 'truandise', relating to a vagrant or beggar, originating from Old French 'truand' (beggar, vagabond). Over centuries, the meaning shifted from general idleness and vagrancy to the specific modern sense of staying away from school without permission.

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