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水泡に帰す【すいほうにきすsuihounikisu】 Inflection

expression / godan ~す verb:

  • to come to nothing
出来損ない【できそこないdekisokonai】出来そこない・でき損ない・出来損い・でき損い

noun / ~の noun:

  • failure; defective article; dead loss; botch

noun:

  • good-for-nothing; worthless person; flop
ヤクザ者【ヤクザものYAKUZAmono】やくざ者【やくざものyakuzamono】

noun:

  • professional gambler; gangster; gang member ➜ ヤクザ
  • good-for-nothing; ne'er-do-well; hoodlum; ruffian
JLPTN2
何とも★【なんともnantomo・なにともnanitomo】

adverb:

  • quite; really; very; extremely
  • nothing; not a bit; not at all - with neg. verb

何ともnantomo言いようがないiiyouganaiなあnaa。 I just don't know what to say.

張三李四【ちょうさんりしchousanrishi】

noun:

  • the common run of men; the average Joe; good-for-nothing (person) - four character idiom
何事☆【なにごとnanigoto】何ごと

noun:

  • what; something; everything
  • nothing (with neg. verb)
  • something or other; unspecified matter

何事nanigotoにせよniseyo最善を尽くしsaizenwotsukushiなさいnasai。 You should do your best in everything.

彼のkareno信念shinnenはha何事nanigotoにもnimo揺るがなかったyuruganakatta。 Nothing could sway his conviction.

こせこせkosekose Inflection

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

  • fussy; making a big deal out of nothing; fidgety; restless - onomatopoeia
  • being cramped; being claustrophobic - onomatopoeia
元も子もない【もともこもないmotomokomonai】本も子もない

expression:

  • losing everything; coming to nothing; having lost the interest and the principal
JLPTN3
何も★【なにもnanimo】

expression / adverb:

  • nothing (with neg. verbs); not any
  • and everything else (with noun plus "mo"); all
何するものぞ【なにするものぞnanisurumonozo】

expression:

  • nothing to be afraid of; trivial; not amounting to much; can't do anything
没法子【メーファーズMEEFUAAZU・メーファーツMEEFUAATSU】

expression:

  • it can't be helped; there's nothing to do about it - From Chinese "méi fǎzi" ➜ しかたがない
井の中の蛙大海を知らず【いのなかのかわずたいかいをしらずinonakanokawazutaikaiwoshirazu】

expression:

  • the frog in the well knows nothing of the great ocean - proverb
お変わりありませんか【おかわりありませんかokawariarimasenka】

expression:

  • how have (you) been? (gen. used after some time apart); nothing (untoward) has happened, has it? [literal] - polite language
乾坤一擲【けんこんいってきkenkon'itteki】

noun:

  • stake all (on something); play for all or nothing; throwing all into a task - four character idiom

乾坤一擲kenkon'ittekiのno大dai勝負shoubu。情け.情keないnaiけどkedoこれkoreがga見事migoto空振りkaraburiにni終わったowattaんnだdaなあnaa。 It was all-or-nothing and we struck out spectacularly.

第三セクター【だいさんセクターdaisanSEKUTAA】

noun:

  • joint venture of government and business; business venture financed jointly by the public and private sectors; semi-public sector; third sector [literal]
あっけらかんakkerakan

~と adverb:

  • quite indifferent; looking blank; looking as though one has nothing at all to do with what is going on
縁もゆかりもない【えんもゆかりもないenmoyukarimonai】

expression:

  • having no relation with whatsoever; having nothing to do with; alien
無駄になる【むだになるmudaninaru】無駄に成る Inflection

expression / godan ~る verb:

  • to come to nothing; to be in vain; to lead nowhere
痩せさらばえる【やせさらばえるyasesarabaeru】痩せ曝える

intransitive verb:

  • to be emaciated; to be nothing but skin and bones
JLPTN3
裸★【はだかhadaka】

noun / ~の noun:

  • nakedness; nudity
  • bareness; nakedness; baldness; being uncovered
  • being penniless
  • concealing nothing; openness

そのsono少年shounenはha上半身jouhanshin裸hadakaであったdeatta。 The boy was shirtless.

労働者roudoushaたちtachiはha腰koshiまでmade裸hadakaだったdatta。 The workers were naked to the waist.

JLPTN1
ましてmashite☆《況して・増して》

expression / adverb:

  • still more; to say nothing of; not to mention
  • still less - with neg. verb

それらsoreraのno星hoshiはha肉眼nikuganでde見えるmieru、ましてmashite望遠鏡bouenkyouならnaraなおさらnaosaraであるdearu。 You can see the stars with your naked eye, and even better through a telescope.

メアリーMEARIIはhaフランス語furansugoをwo読むyomuことkotoさえsaeできないdekinai、ましてmashiteフランス語furansugoをwo話すhanasuことはできないkotohadekinai。 Mary can't even read French, much less speak it.

一か八か【いちかばちかichikabachika】一かばちか

expression / ~の noun:

  • sink or swim; all or nothing; hit or miss; make or break

正直なshoujikinaところtokoro、それsoreはhaいちかばちかichikabachikaだda。 Honestly, it's all or nothing.

のるかそるかnorukasoruka《伸るか反るか・乗るか反るかirr.》

expression / adverb / ~の noun:

  • win or lose; sink or swim; make or break; all or nothing
画餅に帰す【がべいにきすgabeinikisu】 Inflection

expression / godan ~す verb:

  • to come to nothing; to end in failure; to fall through
何はともあれ【なにはともあれnanihatomoare】

expression:

  • at any rate; in any case; at the very least; if nothing else
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