役立たず

Japanese

Kanji in this term
役 立
やく
Grade: 3 		た
Grade: 1
jūbakoyomi

Etymology

Compound of 役 +‎ 立たず

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) やくたたず [yàkútáꜜtàzù] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ja̠kɯ̟̊ta̠ta̠zɨ]

Noun

役(やく)立(た)たず • (yakutatazu) 

  1. useless, deadhead, good-for-nothing
  2. (politics) lame duck
    Synonyms: 死に体, レームダック

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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