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Words — 10 found

Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Noun
1. powerless; helpless; incompetent
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すべ
Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), I-adjective (keiyoushi)
1. having no choice; at a loss for what to do; at one's wits' end; helpless; powerlessUsually written using kana alone
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為す術もない 【なすすべもない】成す術もない 【なすすべもない】
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I-adjective (keiyoushi)
1. no match for; cannot compete with; not in the same league as; powerless againstUsually written using kana alone
  • りょうり料理
  • という
  • ことになれば
  • だれ誰も
  • メアリー
  • には
  • かなわない
When it comes to cooking, no one can equal Mary.
I-adjective (keiyoushi)
2. cannot stand; cannot bear; cannot put up with; unbearable; intolerableUsually written using kana alone, oft. after an adjective as 〜て(は)かなわない
  • わたし
  • たいくつ退屈
  • かなわない
The boredom is unbearable.
I-adjective (keiyoushi)
3. unable to do; cannot do; impossibleUsually written using kana alone, Dated term
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適わない 【かなわない】
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Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Noun
1. being in a helpless situation; (like a) fish on a chopping boardIdiomatic expression
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いたこい
Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Noun
1. someone doomed to their fate; fish on the chopping boardIdiomatic expression
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俎板の鯉 【まないたのこい】
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Noun, Suru verb
1. tip-off (to the authorities); information (on); anonymous report; telling on (someone)Slang
Noun
2. chinkoro (traditional lucky sweet in shapes of various animals sold at new year's events, predominantly in Niigata prefecture)Food, cooking
Noun
3. person of low status; low-life; powerless personSlang
Noun
4. cee-lo (dice gambling game)Abbreviation, Colloquial, See also チンチロリン
Noun
5. girls' hair accessory (used to hide hair knots, for the Shichi-go-san festival)
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チンコロ
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ぎし 歯軋
Noun
1. feeble anger (that one cannot act on because one is powerless); the clenching teeth of a dried sardineIdiomatic expression
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鱓の歯軋り 【ごまめのはぎしり】
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Noun, Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
1. powerlessness; helplessness; incompetence; ineffectiveness
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Noun
1. sense of helplessness; feeling of powerlessness
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Kanji — 1 found

100.0
17 strokes.
dirty, useless, weak, powerless, cracked, flaw
Kun: くぼ.む
On:
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Sentences — 2 found

  • 144276
    • にんげん人間
    • しぜん自然
    • まえ
    • には
    • むりょく無力
    Human beings are powerless before nature. Tatoeba
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