How do you say "The flight has been cancelled." in Japanese?

Name: Your App Taught You Kekkou. At the Airport That Sound Means Your Plane Is Dead.
Uploaded: 2026-09-15T11:13:43Z
Duration: 25 s
Description: Learn to say 欠航になりました (kekkō ni narimashita) — The flight has been cancelled.. A 30-second Japanese lesson for travelers from Kōfuku.

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Your App Taught You Kekkou. At the Airport That Sound Means Your Plane Is Dead.

To say The flight has been cancelled. in Japanese, say 欠航になりました (kekkō ni narimashita).

Your app taught you 「結構」 means no thanks. At the airport, that same sound means your plane is dead.

欠航になりました kekkō ni narimashita The flight has been cancelled.

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In this video

欠航になりました。 kekkō ni narimashita. The flight has been cancelled.
台風のため、欠航になりました。 taifū no tame, kekkō ni narimashita. Because of the typhoon, the flight has been cancelled.

Kanji in this phrase

欠航: けえこう
結構: けっこう

Why this phrase

Textbook vs real. 「結構です」 is the polite 'no thanks' already in the catalog. 「欠航」 is a different word with the same sound, and it is the one you hear at the gate in typhoon season: the flight has been cancelled. Reveal the homophone trap, then lock 「欠航になりました」. ACCURACY GUARD: the airport does not say 結構です. You HEAR kekkō. The kanji on the board and in the agent's mouth is 欠航. Counter speech is 「欠航になりました」; the PA often uses 「欠航となりました」. Same word. Scope to flights, not trains (trains use 運休 / 見合わせ). TONE GUARD: wry, not panicked. The joke is the textbook, not the stranded tourist.