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Variations:
屁の突っ張りにもならない
屁のつっぱりにもならない

 henotsupparinimonaranai
    へのつっぱりにもならない
(exp,adj-i) (idiom) of no use whatsoever; good for nothing; useless

Variations:
申し分のない
申し分の無い
申分のない
申分の無い

 moushibunnonai / moshibunnonai
    もうしぶんのない
(exp,adj-i) no objection; nothing to criticize (criticise)

Variations:
穀潰し
穀つぶし
ごく潰し
穀潰(io)
ゴク潰し

 gokutsubushi(穀潰shi, 穀tsubushi, goku潰shi, 穀潰); gokutsubushi(goku潰shi)
    ごくつぶし(穀潰し, 穀つぶし, ごく潰し, 穀潰); ゴクつぶし(ゴク潰し)
(kana only) good-for-nothing; parasite; deadbeat; loafer; drone; idler

Variations:
言うことなし
言う事なし
言うこと無し
言う事無し

 iukotonashi
    いうことなし
(expression) nothing one can say (e.g. about something perfect); not a thing one can complain about; better than one could hope for

Variations:
ひもじい時にまずい物なし
ひもじい時にまずいものなし

 himojiitokinimazuimononashi / himojitokinimazuimononashi
    ひもじいときにまずいものなし
(expression) (proverb) hunger is the best sauce; nothing tastes bad when you're hungry

Variations:
何てことない
何て事ない(sK)
何て事無い(sK)

 nantekotonai
    なんてことない
(exp,adj-i) (kana only) (See なんてこと,なんてことのない) ordinary; nothing special; nothing to exclaim over

Variations:
即ち
則ち(rK)
乃ち(rK)
輒ち(sK)

 sunawachi
    すなわち
(conjunction) (1) (kana only) that is (to say); namely; i.e.; (conjunction) (2) (kana only) precisely; exactly; just; nothing but; neither more nor less; (conjunction) (3) (kana only) (as 〜ばすなわち...; indicates that what follows is a natural consequence) (and) then

Variations:
台無し
台なし
臺なし(oK)
臺無し(oK)

 dainashi
    だいなし
(noun or adjectival noun) mess; spoiled; spoilt; (come to) nothing; ruin

Variations:
お神酒上がらぬ神はない
御神酒上がらぬ神はない(sK)

 omikiagaranukamihanai
    おみきあがらぬかみはない
(exp,adj-i) (proverb) even the gods drink sake; there's nothing wrong with drinking

Variations:
どうって事はない
どうってことは無い
どうって事は無い

 douttekotohanai / dottekotohanai
    どうってことはない
(expression) (kana only) (colloquialism) nothing special; no big deal; doesn't matter; nothing to worry about

Variations:
味噌粕
味噌糟(rK)
味噌滓(rK)
みそ滓(sK)

 misokasu
    みそかす
(1) (See 味噌っかす・1) miso lees; miso strainings; miso dregs; (2) (See 味噌っかす・2) worthless thing; good-for-nothing; (3) (See 味噌っかす・3) child who is left out of games; child who is made light of; child treated unequally by peers

Variations:
虎穴に入らずんば虎子を得ず
虎穴に入らずんば虎児を得ず

 koketsuniirazunbakojioezu; koketsuniirazunbakoshioezu(虎穴ni入razunba虎子o得zu) / koketsunirazunbakojioezu; koketsunirazunbakoshioezu(虎穴ni入razunba虎子o得zu)
    こけつにいらずんばこじをえず; こけつにいらずんばこしをえず(虎穴に入らずんば虎子を得ず)
(expression) (proverb) nothing ventured, nothing gained; you will not get the tiger cub without entering the tiger's den

Variations:
井の中の蛙、大海を知らず
井の中の蛙大海を知らず(sK)

 inonakanokawazu、taikaioshirazu
    いのなかのかわず、たいかいをしらず
(expression) (proverb) the frog in the well knows nothing of the great ocean

Variations:
仕方がない
仕方が無い(sK)
し方がない(sK)

 shikataganai
    しかたがない
(exp,adj-i) (1) there's no (other) way; (exp,adj-i) (2) cannot be helped; unavoidable; inevitable; (there's) nothing one can do; having no choice; (exp,adj-i) (3) (oft. as 〜ても仕方がない) it's no use (doing); pointless; useless; no good; insufficient; not enough; (exp,adj-i) (4) hopeless (person); annoying; troublesome; awful; (exp,adj-i) (5) (as 〜て仕方がない or 〜で仕方がない) cannot stand it; unbearable; cannot help (doing, feeling); dying (to do)

Variations:
仕様がない
しようが無い
仕様が無い
しょうが無い

 shouganai(仕様ganai, 仕様ga無i, shouga無i)(p); shiyouganai(仕様ganai, shiyouga無i, 仕様ga無i) / shoganai(仕様ganai, 仕様ga無i, shoga無i)(p); shiyoganai(仕様ganai, shiyoga無i, 仕様ga無i)
    しょうがない(仕様がない, 仕様が無い, しょうが無い)(P); しようがない(仕様がない, しようが無い, 仕様が無い)
(exp,adj-i) (1) (kana only) there's no (other) way; (exp,adj-i) (2) (kana only) cannot be helped; unavoidable; inevitable; (there's) nothing one can do; having no choice; it is what it is; (exp,adj-i) (3) (kana only) (oft. as 〜てもしょうがない) it's no use (doing); pointless; useless; no good; insufficient; not enough; (exp,adj-i) (4) (kana only) hopeless (person); annoying; troublesome; awful; (exp,adj-i) (5) (kana only) (as 〜てしょうがない or 〜でしょうがない) cannot stand it; unbearable; cannot help (doing, feeling); dying (to do)

Variations:
出来損ない
出来そこない
でき損ない
出来損い
でき損い

 dekisokonai
    できそこない
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) failure; defective article; dead loss; botch; (2) good-for-nothing; worthless person; flop

Variations:
当たって砕けろ
あたって砕けろ
当たってくだけろ(sK)

 atattekudakero
    あたってくだけろ
(expression) take a chance; go for broke; nothing ventured, nothing gained

Variations:
ない物だらけ
無いものだらけ(sK)
無い物だらけ(sK)

 naimonodarake
    ないものだらけ
(exp,n) (kana only) plenty of nothing; having absolutely nothing

Variations:
何てことのない
何て事のない(sK)
何て事の無い(sK)

 nantekotononai
    なんてことのない
(exp,adj-f) (kana only) (See なんてこと,なんてことない) ordinary; nothing special; nothing to exclaim over

Variations:
無い物は無い
無いものは無い(sK)
ない物はない(sK)

 naimonohanai; naimononai(sk)
    ないものはない; ないものない(sk)
(expression) (1) (kana only) there's nothing we (I, he, she, etc.) don't have; (exp,adj-i) (2) (kana only) (emphatic form of ない) (See ない・1) nonexistent; not in one's possession; we (I, he, she, etc.) don't have what we don't have

Variations:
身を捨ててこそ浮かぶ瀬もあれ
身を捨ててこそ浮かぶ瀬も有れ

 miosutetekosoukabusemoare / miosutetekosokabusemoare
    みをすててこそうかぶせもあれ
(expression) (proverb) nothing ventured, nothing gained

Variations:
鐃緒申鐃緒申鐃緒申鐃緒申鐃緒申鐃緒申
百鐃緒申鐃緒申鐃緒申

 鐃述ゃku鐃銃wa申泙鐃銃wa申
    鐃述ゃく鐃銃わ申泙鐃銃わ申
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) perfect score; full marks; perfection; leaving nothing to be desired; (2) grading out of a hundred; grading on a scale of 0 to 100

Variations:
不甲斐ない
不甲斐無い
腑甲斐ない(rK)
腑甲斐無い(rK)

 fugainai
    ふがいない
(adjective) good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless; cowardly; tame; timid; pathetic; pitiful; disappointing; shameful; useless; worthless

Variations:
大山鳴動して鼠一匹
泰山鳴動して鼠一匹
大山鳴動してねずみ一匹

 taizanmeidoushitenezumiippiki / taizanmedoshitenezumippiki
    たいざんめいどうしてねずみいっぴき
(expression) much ado about nothing; The mountains have brought forth a mouse (Aesop)

Variations:
どうって事ない
どうって事無い(sK)
どうってこと無い(sK)

 douttekotonai / dottekotonai
    どうってことない
(expression) (kana only) (colloquialism) nothing special; no big deal; doesn't matter; nothing to worry about

Variations:
味噌っかす
味噌っ滓(rK)
味噌っ粕(sK)
味噌っ糟(sK)

 misokkasu
    みそっかす
(1) (kana only) miso lees; miso strainings; miso dregs; (2) (kana only) (colloquialism) worthless thing; good-for-nothing; (3) (kana only) (colloquialism) child who is left out of games; child who is made light of; child treated unequally by peers

Variations:
無いよりまし(sK)
ないより増し(sK)
無いより増し(sK)

 naiyorimashi; naiyorimashi
    ないよりマシ; ないよりまし
(expression) (kana only) (See ないよりはマシ) better than nothing; better than none at all

Variations:
即ち
則ち(rK)
乃ち(rK)
輒ち(sK)
便ち(sK)

 sunawachi(p); tsunawachi(sk)
    すなわち(P); つなわち(sk)
(conjunction) (1) (kana only) that is (to say); namely; i.e.; (conjunction) (2) (kana only) precisely; exactly; just; nothing but; neither more nor less; (conjunction) (3) (kana only) (as 〜ばすなわち...; indicates that what follows is a natural consequence) (and) then

Variations:
申し分のない
申し分の無い
申分のない(sK)
申分の無い(sK)

 moushibunnonai / moshibunnonai
    もうしぶんのない
(exp,adj-i) perfect; ideal; completely satisfactory; leaving nothing to be desired; faultless; impeccable

Variations:
碌でなし(ateji)
陸でなし
碌で無し(ateji)
ろくで無し

 rokudenashi; rokudenashi
    ろくでなし; ロクデナシ
(kana only) bum; good-for-nothing; ne'er-do-well

Variations:
どうって事はない
どうってことは無い(sK)
どうって事は無い(sK)

 douttekotohanai / dottekotohanai
    どうってことはない
(expression) (kana only) (colloquialism) nothing special; no big deal; doesn't matter; nothing to worry about

Variations:
不甲斐ない
不甲斐無い(sK)
腑甲斐ない(rK)
腑甲斐無い(rK)

 fugainai
    ふがいない
(adjective) good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless; cowardly; tame; timid; pathetic; pitiful; disappointing; shameful; useless; worthless

Variations:
他でもない
外でもない(rK)
他でも無い(sK)
外でも無い(sK)

 hokademonai
    ほかでもない
(exp,adj-i) (used to add emphasis to the following word or statement) nothing but (this); no more than (this); none other than

Variations:
元も子もない
元も子も無い
本も子もない(iK)
本も子も無い(iK)

 motomokomonai
    もともこもない
(expression) losing everything; coming to nothing; having lost the interest and the principal

Variations:
元も子もない
元も子も無い
本も子もない(sK)
本も子も無い(sK)

 motomokomonai
    もともこもない
(exp,adj-i) (idiom) losing everything; suffering a total loss; coming to nothing; having lost the interest and the principal

Variations:
無いよりはまし(sK)
ないよりは増し(sK)
無いよりは増し(sK)

 naiyorihamashi; naiyorihamashi
    ないよりはマシ; ないよりはまし
(expression) (kana only) better than nothing; better than none at all

Variations:
味噌粕
味噌糟(rK)
味噌滓(rK)
みそ滓(sK)
味噌カス(sK)

 misokasu
    みそかす
(1) (See 味噌っかす・1) miso lees; miso strainings; miso dregs; (2) (See 味噌っかす・2) worthless thing; good-for-nothing; (3) (See 味噌っかす・3) child who is left out of games; child who is made light of; child treated unequally by peers

Variations:
穀潰し
穀つぶし(sK)
ごく潰し(sK)
穀潰(sK)
ゴク潰し(sK)

 gokutsubushi
    ごくつぶし
(kana only) good-for-nothing; parasite; deadbeat; loafer; drone; idler

Variations:
致し方ない
致し方無い(sK)
いたし方ない(sK)
致しかたない(sK)

 itashikatanai
    いたしかたない
(exp,adj-i) (1) (humble language) (See 仕方がない・1) there's no (other) way; (exp,adj-i) (2) (humble language) cannot be helped; unavoidable; inevitable; (there's) nothing one can do; having no choice; (exp,adj-i) (3) (humble language) (oft. as 〜ても致し方ない) it's no use (doing); pointless; useless; no good; insufficient; not enough; (exp,adj-i) (4) (humble language) hopeless (person); annoying; troublesome; awful; (exp,adj-i) (5) (humble language) (as 〜て致し方ない or 〜で致し方ない) cannot stand it; unbearable; cannot help (doing, feeling); dying (to do)

Variations:
ないない尽くし
無い無い尽くし
無い無いづくし(sK)
無い無い尽し(sK)

 nainaizukushi
    ないないづくし
(kana only) having absolutely nothing (left); being out of everything; absolutely nothing

Variations:
伸るか反るか
乗るか反るか(iK)
乗るかそるか(sK)
のるか反るか(sK)

 norukasoruka
    のるかそるか
(exp,adv,adj-no) (kana only) win or lose; sink or swim; make or break; all or nothing

Variations:
どう仕様もない
如何しようもない
如何しようも無い
どう仕様も無い
如何仕様も無い

 doushiyoumonai / doshiyomonai
    どうしようもない
(exp,adj-i) (kana only) it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it

Variations:
仕様がない(rK)
しようが無い(sK)
仕様が無い(sK)
しょうが無い(sK)

 shouganai(p); shiyouganai / shoganai(p); shiyoganai
    しょうがない(P); しようがない
(exp,adj-i) (1) (kana only) there's no (other) way; (exp,adj-i) (2) (kana only) cannot be helped; unavoidable; inevitable; (there's) nothing one can do; having no choice; it is what it is; (exp,adj-i) (3) (kana only) (oft. as 〜てもしょうがない) it's no use (doing); pointless; useless; no good; insufficient; not enough; (exp,adj-i) (4) (kana only) hopeless (person); annoying; troublesome; awful; (exp,adj-i) (5) (kana only) (as 〜てしょうがない or 〜でしょうがない) cannot stand it; unbearable; cannot help (doing, feeling); dying (to do)

Variations:
万事休す
万事窮す(iK)
万事急す(sK)
万事キュース(sK)
万事きゅうす(sK)

 banjikyuusu / banjikyusu
    ばんじきゅうす
(expression) there is nothing more that can be done; it's all over

Variations:
無いよりはまし
無いよりまし
ないよりは増し
ないより増し
無いよりは増し
無いより増し

 naiyorihamashi(無iyorihamashi, naiyoriha増shi, 無iyoriha増shi); naiyorimashi(無iyorimashi, naiyori増shi, 無iyori増shi)
    ないよりはまし(無いよりはまし, ないよりは増し, 無いよりは増し); ないよりまし(無いよりまし, ないより増し, 無いより増し)
(expression) (kana only) better than none at all; better than nothing

Variations:
箸にも棒にも引っかからない
箸にも棒にも引っ掛からない
箸にも棒にもひっかからない(sK)

 hashinimobounimohikkakaranai / hashinimobonimohikkakaranai
    はしにもぼうにもひっかからない
(exp,adj-i) (idiom) (non-standard variant of 箸にも棒にもかからない) (See 箸にも棒にもかからない) hopeless; incorrigible; beyond repair; good-for-nothing; terrible

Variations:
詮方ない(ateji)
せん方ない
為ん方ない(rK)
為ん方無い(sK)
詮方無い(sK)

 senkatanai
    せんかたない
(adjective) (dated) (See 仕方ない・2) cannot be helped; unavoidable; inevitable; (there's) nothing one can do; having no choice

Variations:
大山鳴動して鼠一匹
泰山鳴動して鼠一匹
大山鳴動してねずみ一匹
泰山鳴動してねずみ一匹(sK)

 taizanmeidoushitenezumiippiki / taizanmedoshitenezumippiki
    たいざんめいどうしてねずみいっぴき
(expression) (idiom) much ado about nothing; great cry and little wool; the mountain laboured and brought forth a mouse

Variations:
木偶の坊
でくの坊
木偶の棒
デクの棒(sK)
でくの棒(sK)
デクの坊(sK)
木偶のぼう(sK)

 dekunobou / dekunobo
    でくのぼう
(exp,n) (1) (kana only) doll; puppet; (exp,n) (2) (kana only) (derogatory term) blockhead; idiot; useless person; good-for-nothing

Variations:
碌で無し(ateji)(rK)
陸で無し(rK)
碌でなし(sK)
陸でなし(sK)
ろくで無し(sK)

 rokudenashi; rokudenashi
    ろくでなし; ロクデナシ
(kana only) bum; good-for-nothing; ne'er-do-well

Variations:
オールオアナッシング
オール・オア・ナッシング
オールオアナシング
オール・オア・ナシング

 ooruoanasshingu; ooru oa nasshingu; ooruoanashingu(sk); ooru oa nashingu(sk)
    オールオアナッシング; オール・オア・ナッシング; オールオアナシング(sk); オール・オア・ナシング(sk)
(expression) all-or-nothing; uncompromising; risking all

Variations:
タダより高いものはない
ただより高いものはない
タダより高いものは無い
只より高いものはない
只より高いものは無い

 tadayoritakaimonohanai
    ただよりたかいものはない
(exp,adj-i) (proverb) nothing costs as much as what is given to us; there's no such thing as a free lunch

Variations:
碌でもない(ateji)(rK)
陸でもない(rK)
碌でも無い(sK)
ろくでも無い(sK)
六でもない(sK)

 rokudemonai; rokudemonai
    ろくでもない; ロクでもない
(exp,adj-i) (kana only) good-for-nothing; useless; worthless

Variations:
タダより高いものはない
ただより高いものはない(sK)
タダより高いものは無い(sK)
タダより高い物はない(sK)
只より高いものはない(sK)

 tadayoritakaimonohanai
    ただよりたかいものはない
(exp,adj-i) (proverb) nothing costs as much as what is given to us; there's no such thing as a free lunch

Variations:
どうしようも無い(sK)
どう仕様もない(sK)
如何しようもない(sK)
如何しようも無い(sK)
どう仕様も無い(sK)
如何仕様も無い(sK)

 doushiyoumonai(p); doushoumonai(sk) / doshiyomonai(p); doshomonai(sk)
    どうしようもない(P); どうしょうもない(sk)
(exp,adj-i) (kana only) it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it

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