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とりとめもない取り留めもない取り留めもExpressionUsually kana
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Noun or verb acting prenominally

incoherent; wandering; vague; rambling; whimsical

女三界に家なしおんなさんがいにいえなしExpression
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Proverb

a woman has no home of her own in this world (because she has to obey her parents when she is young, her husband when she gets married, and her children when she is old)

親の意見と茄子の花は千に一つも駄はないおやのいけんとなすびのはなはせんにひとつもむだはない~い Adj.Expression
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Proverb

always listen to your parents; always value your parents' advice; not even one in a thousand of a parents' opinion or an eggplant flower are in vain

驚くなかれおどろくなかれ驚くかれ驚く勿れExpression
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do not be surprised; lo and behold; wait for it

Examples
こんなことを言っても信じないだろうが、驚くなかれ
You might not believe what I'm about to tell you, so don't be surprised.
非の打ち所のないひのうちどころのない~い Adj.Expression
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impeccable; unimpeachable; cannot be faulted; above reproach; beyond reproach; faultless; perfect

女は三界に家なし女は三界に家おんなはさんがいにいえなしExpression
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Proverb

a woman has no home of her own in this world (because she has to obey her parents when she is young, her husband when she gets married, and her children when she is old)

武士に二言はない武士に二言はぶしににごんはない~い Adj.Expression
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Proverb

a samurai never goes back on his word

まごうかたなき紛う方なきまがうかたなきUsually kana
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Noun or verb acting prenominally

unmistakable; evident; outright; authentic

知ったこっちゃないしったこっちゃない~い Adj.Expression
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Colloquial

I don't give a damn; I wouldn't know; that's got nothing to do with me

下戸の建てた蔵はないげこのたてたくらはない~い Adj.Expression
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Proverb

don't act all high and mighty just because you don't drink; no teetotaler has (ever) built a storehouse

孝行のしたい時分に親はなしこうこうのしたいじぶんにおやはなしExpression
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Proverb

when you are ready to be a filial child, your parents are already gone

火のない所に煙は立たぬひのないところにけむりはたたぬExpression
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Proverb

there's no smoke without fire

余の辞書に不可能という文字はない余の辞書に不可能という文字はよのじしょにふかのうというもじはないExpression
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Quotation

the word impossible is not in my dictionary

名物にうまいものなし名物に旨い物なしめいぶつにうまいものなしExpression
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Proverb

the reality always falls short of the fame; local specialties rarely taste good

事令そうぶじれいNounFreq #156978
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Historical term

1585 edict by Toyotomi Hideyoshi which banned war between feudal lords in Japan

詮方ないせん方ないんかたな為ん方ない~い Adj.Freq #109492
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Dated term

cannot be helped; unavoidable; inevitable; (there's) nothing one can do; having no choice

父なし子し子てなしちなしNounFreq #135446
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Dated term

child whose paternity is unknown; illegitimate child

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Dated term

child whose father is dead; fatherless child

問答もんどうむえきNoun四字熟語Freq #142074
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Rare term

there being no use in arguing (about it); not up for discussion

蔑するみするみすTransitiveする VerbFreq #143940
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Obsolete term

to set at naught; to ignore; to disregard

ことなしArchaic
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'ku' adjective (archaic)

uneventful; peaceful; safe

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'ku' adjective (archaic)

easy; simple

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Common noun; Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)

having nothing to do

んなづきみなづきNounArchaic
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tenth month of the lunar calendar; October

恬淡きょむてんたんNoun~な Adj.~の Adj.~と Adverb四字熟語Archaic
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'taru' adjective

rising above the trivia of life and remaining calm and selfless

あやなしどりアヤナシドリNounUsually kana
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Rare term

lesser cuckoo

し指ななしゆびNounArchaic
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ring finger