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ろく《碌》陸Noun～な Adj.Usually kanaFreq #19588

Used with negative verb

satisfactory; decent; good; proper; worthy

ろくに碌に陸にAdverbUsually kanaFreq #4982

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

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

good-for-nothing; useless; worthless

ろくでなしロクデナシ《碌で無し》陸で無しNounUsually kanaFreq #24532

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.

ろくろく《碌々》《碌碌》陸々陸陸AdverbUsually kanaFreq #42595

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

Colloquial; With neg. verb

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

耄碌もうろくNounIntransitive～する VerbFreq #38224

senility; dotage; decrepitude