► 成句
しょうがない [(5)しょうがない] [仕様が無い] [coll] meaning: useless rank: 2
☆ 泣いてもしょうがない ⇨ Crying won’t do any good
襷 [たすき] [帯に短し襷に長し] meaning: useless rank: 3
☆ これは帯に短し襷に長しだ (おびにみじかしたすきにながし) ⇨ This is too short for a belt, too long for a band. Not good for anything
► 名詞
陸で無し [ろくでなし] [contempt] meaning: useless rank: 3
☆ あいつは本当にろくでなしだ ⇨ He’s really useless (☛ A useless person)
おしゃか [(2)おしゃか] [coll] meaning: useless rank: 4
☆ 車は事故でおしゃかになった ⇨ The car was totaled in the accident
能無し [のうなし] [coll] meaning: useless rank: 4
☆ あいつは本当に能無しだ ⇨ He is really incompetent, useless (☛ Literally “one with no ability”)
節穴 [ふしあな] meaning: useless rank: 4
☆ あれに気が付かないなんてお前の目は節穴だ ⇨ Your eyes are just holes, useless, if you don’t notice that (☛ Originally about knotty holes in wood planks)
► 形容動詞
へなちょこ [へなちょこ] [coll] meaning: useless rank: 4
☆ お前みたいなへなちょこに負けるわけがない ⇨ I never lose to a wimpy, useless, guy like you