碌
碌

satisfactory

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ロク

Kun

ろく.な

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Common Words

ろくに碌に陸にAdverbUsually kanaFreq #4982
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With negative verb

(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently

Examples
昨夜はろくに眠れなかった。
I could not sleep much last night.
ろくな《碌な》ロクな陸なUsually kanaFreq #6489
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Pre-noun adjectival (rentaishi); With neg. sentence

satisfactory; decent; good; proper; respectable

Examples
麻薬に手を出すとろくなことはない。
If you mess with drugs, you're asking for trouble.
ろくでもないロクでもない《碌でもない》陸でもない～い Adj.ExpressionUsually kanaFreq #11987
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good-for-nothing; useless; worthless

ろく《碌》陸Noun～な Adj.Usually kanaFreq #19588
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Used with negative verb

satisfactory; decent; good; proper; worthy

ろくでなしロクデナシ《碌で無し》陸で無しNounUsually kanaFreq #24532
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bum; good-for-nothing; ne'er-do-well

Examples
そのろくでなしどもはクビになりましたよ。
Those good-for-nothing layabouts were sacked.
耄碌もうろくNounIntransitive～する VerbFreq #38224
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senility; dotage; decrepitude

ろくろく《碌々》《碌碌》陸々陸陸AdverbUsually kanaFreq #42595
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With neg. verb

(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently

ろくすっぽ《碌すっぽ》陸すっぽAdverbUsually kanaFreq #50305
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Colloquial; With neg. verb

(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily

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