Keyword
low quality
Info
FrequencyTop 500-600
Type
Jōyō 
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KankenLevel Pre-2
Heisig2140
Readings
(98%)
(1%)
Composed of
horse
plump
Used in vocabulary (122 in total)
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
to render futile; to bring to naught; to waste; to not make good use of
to come to nothing; to be in vain; to lead nowhere
waste (of money, time, etc.); squandering; frittering away
to be unreasonable; to whine; to throw a tantrum
shoe rack (in an entrance); cupboard (for shoes and clogs)
to spoil; to break; to go bad; to go wrong; to fail
geta; Japanese wooden clogs; turn (in set-type proofing); upside-down character
gossip; idle talk; chat
visit for no reason; go on fool's errand
poor; low-grade; load; pack; packhorse
to stamp one's feet (in frustration, impatience, etc.)
economical; efficient; lean; compact
dying in vain; useless death; meaningless death
small-time candy store
chatter; idle talk
unmanageable child; spoiled child (spoilt); spoiled brat
tantrum; fretting
cheap sweets
entirely useless; completely worthless; no no; don't!
making doubly sure; insurance run (baseball); points scored for good measure
to chatter pointlessly; to waste one's breath
reward; recompense; tip; conveyance charge; packhorse charge
mongrel; cur; mutt
Skanda (swift-footed guardian deity); great runner
useless; waste of time and effort; pointless; vain efforts
poor piece of work; rubbish; trash
useless member of society; hopeless case; failure
feeble joke; bad pun
to jabber; to chatter; to chat with
make good use of; make the most of
criticizing; lambasting; pointing out faults; calling for a retake; ordering (somebody) to redo something
pack; horseload
giving something a try because it will not do any harm
to be unreasonable; to whine; to throw a tantrum
little something; reward; tip
waste (of money, time, etc.); squandering; frittering away
packhorse; workhorse; hack
to go on a fool's errand; to go in vain
leather-soled sandals (geta)
giving something a try because one has nothing to lose
to eliminate waste
would be a waste of words; would be a waste of breath; there's no point in saying
to stamp one's feet (in frustration, impatience, etc.)
taking the opportunity to do something; doing something incidentally; doing something while (you) are at it; doing something on the way; while I'm at it
big leakage; uncontained leak
giving something a try because it will not do any harm
high clogs; rain clogs
low wooden clogs; komageta
to chatter pointlessly; to waste one's breath
no-good man; (male) loser
to make sure; to make doubly sure
tall wooden clogs
poor piece of writing; my poor writing
economical; efficient; lean; compact
waste (of money, time, etc.); squandering; frittering away
foolish tale; nonsense
unwanted hair; superfluous hair
to waste one's efforts; to work to no (useful) effect
clog shop; geta shop
giving something a try because one has nothing to lose
feeble joke; bad pun
big talk; tall tale
geta for wear in dry weather
to leave everything to (someone)
taking the opportunity to do something; doing something incidentally; doing something while (you) are at it; doing something on the way; while I'm at it
barking over nothing (of a dog); barking at passers-by or visitors
wearing wooden clogs; floatplane
ne'er-do-well; waster; idler; good-for-nothing
to inflate (figures); to jack up (e.g. a score); to pad
geta with high supports; tall clogs
no-good woman; (female) loser
poor poem
Azuma geta; type of geta for women with a tatami mat insole
feeble joke; bad pun
tantrum; fretting
unmanageable child; spoiled child (spoilt); spoiled brat
laboring in vain or for no result; labouring in vain
pack animal
horse load
horse's load
worthless book; meritless book
to be unreasonable; to whine; to throw a tantrum
to be unreasonable; to whine; to throw a tantrum
lacquered geta
to inflate (figures); to jack up (e.g. a score); to pad
trash; low-grade stuff
toe guards on clogs; footwear doorman
taking the opportunity to do something; doing something incidentally; doing something while (you) are at it; doing something on the way; while I'm at it
little something; reward; tip
unmanageable child; spoiled child (spoilt); spoiled brat
eating between meals; wasteful eating habits; waste of resources; living idly; loafing one's way through life
rough geta (e.g. made of Japanese cedar)
taking the opportunity to do something; doing something incidentally; doing something while (you) are at it; doing something on the way; while I'm at it
hanger-on; lackey; sycophant; (lit.) snow stuck under a geta sandal
to come to nothing; to be in vain; to lead nowhere
unmanageable child; spoiled child (spoilt); spoiled brat
stocking up on; hoarding
leather-soled sandals (geta)
Pacific needlefish (Strongylura anastomella)
Azuma geta; type of geta for women with a tatami mat insole
large cloth sack; baggy trousers (worn in the late-Edo and early-Meiji periods by samurai while practising)
chatter; idle talk
blossom which fails to produce fruit; non-fruit-bearing flower
crestfish (Lophotus capellei); unicornfish
wearing wooden clogs
repairing clogs; clog repairer
residential building in which the first floor is occupied by businesses
low geta made of willow
low geta (once used when cleaning the garden)
geta with skating blades; skates made from geta
things that look similar but are completely different; (lit.) geta and grilled miso
medium height geta
filling neutral points (in go); filling dame points
always listen to your parents; always value your parents' advice; (lit.) not even one in a thousand of a parents' opinion or an eggplant flower are in vain
Examples (147 in total)
You must do it yourself.
Don't sleep with the windows open.
Don't play in this room.