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    3. 毒にも薬にもならない

    毒にも薬にもならない

    毒どくに​も​薬くすりに​も​な​ら​な​い​

    harmless but pointless

    NTAdjectiveMedicine & HealthKanji Vocab48 strokes

    どくにもくすりにもならない

    Adjective

    1.
    harmless but pointless, neither bad nor good
    idiomatic expression

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    Characters that make up this word

    毒
    poison・virus・venom・germ・harm…(2)
    Kanji
    薬
    くすり…(2)
    medicine・chemical・enamel・gunpowder・benefit
    Kanji
    に
    ni
    Kana
    も
    mo
    Kana
    な
    na
    Kana
    ら
    ra
    Kana
    い
    i
    Kana
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