Meanings
Readings
Common Words
Common noun
rag; old cloth
Common noun
tattered clothes; ragged clothes; rags
Common noun
fault (one is trying to hide); defect; weakness
Noun or verb acting prenominally; Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
worn-out; run-down; shabby; ragged; tattered
Colloquial
worn-out; run-down; beat-up; shabby; dilapidated
to have one's faults exposed; to have one's secrets blown
to expose one's faults; to have one's defects exposed; to show oneself up
Colloquial
worn-out; run-down; beat-up; shabby; dilapidated
harsh criticism
something worthless or of little value
run-down shabby house
Archaic
rag and scrap merchant
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