"ろくでなし" meaning in Japanese

See ろくでなし in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ɾo̞kɯ̟de̞na̠ɕi] Forms: rokudenashi [romanization], rokudenasi [romanization], ろくでなし [hiragana, historical]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|hhira=ろくでなし}} ろくでなし • (rokudenashi) ^(←ろくでなし (rokudenasi)?)
  1. a good-for-nothing, a bum Related terms: 碌でもない (rokudemonai) (ruby: (ろく))
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      "form": "rokudenashi",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ろくでなし",
      "roman": "rokudenasi",
      "tags": [
        "hiragana",
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
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  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
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        },
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          "parents": [],
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        "a good-for-nothing, a bum"
      ],
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        [
          "good-for-nothing",
          "good-for-nothing"
        ],
        [
          "bum",
          "bum"
        ]
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        {
          "roman": "rokudemonai",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "碌",
              "ろく"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "碌でもない"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "other": "ろくでなし"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɾo̞kɯ̟de̞na̠ɕi]"
    }
  ],
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}
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        "romanization"
      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ろくでなし",
      "roman": "rokudenasi",
      "tags": [
        "hiragana",
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
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  "lang_code": "ja",
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    {
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        [
          "碌",
          "ろく"
        ]
      ],
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    }
  ],
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        "Japanese lemmas",
        "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
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        "Japanese nouns",
        "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a good-for-nothing, a bum"
      ],
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        [
          "good-for-nothing",
          "good-for-nothing"
        ],
        [
          "bum",
          "bum"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "other": "ろくでなし"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɾo̞kɯ̟de̞na̠ɕi]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ろくでなし"
}

Download raw JSONL data for ろくでなし meaning in Japanese (1.1kB)

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