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ろくな

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word ろくな

碌な
ロクな
陸な
Usually kana
Freq #6489
1

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.

Kanji in this Word

13 strokes

Meanings

satisfactory

Readings

On — Chinese-derived reading, usually for compounds
ロク
Kun — Native Japanese reading, usually for standalone words
ろく.な
11 strokes
Frequency: 736
JLPT N2
Grade 4

Meanings

land
six

Readings

On — Chinese-derived reading, usually for compounds
リク
ロク
Kun — Native Japanese reading, usually for standalone words
おか
Nanori — Specialized readings used in names
くが
たち
みち
むつ
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