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    3. 碌で無し

    碌で無し

    碌ろくで​無なし​

    bum

    NTNounEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab29 strokes

    陸で無し碌でなし陸でなしろくで無し

    ろくでなしロクデナシ

    Noun

    1.
    bum, good-for-nothing, ne'er-do-well
    word usually written using kana alone

    Stroke 0 / 29

    Speed1.0x

    Characters that make up this word

    碌
    ろく.な…(1)
    satisfactory
    Kanji
    無
    な.い…(2)
    nothingness・none・ain't・nothing・nil…(1)
    Kanji
    で
    de
    Kana
    し
    shi
    Kana
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