expression / adjective:

• frail; having a weak constitution; being in poor health

expression / adjective:

• at disadvantage; having no edge; having poor prospects ➜ 分の悪い

expression / adjective:

• in bad taste; problematic; of poor character ➜ 質【たち】

noun:

• imperfect (Buddhist) training; imperfection in one's (Buddhist) training; incomplete training; poor training - Buddhism term

pronoun:

• I; me - used by Buddhist monks - humble language

noun:

• underclasses; poorest segment of the population; the poor

adjectival noun / noun:

• bungler; greenhorn; clumsy; poor hand - poss. from 平凡 ➜ 下手【へた】

noun:

• general malaise; unidentified complaint; all-round poor physical condition - four character idiom

noun:

• pauper; the needy; the poor

noun:

• destined to poverty; parsimonious spirit; tendency to be frugal; poor person's mentality (e.g. inability to relax)

expression / adjective:

• nasty; vicious; wicked; ill-natured; poor quality Antonym: 質が良い ➜ 質の悪い

expression / adjective:

• in bad shape; not doing well; not going well; out of condition; in poor form ➜ 調子がいい【ちょうしがいい】

noun:

• (poor) treatment; (bad) behavior; behaviour; action; act ➜ ひどい仕打ち

noun:

• something new (of poor quality)

noun:

• civil legal aid system (e.g. legal aid for poor people)

noun:

• wild ball (usually a pitcher with poor control) - Baseball term

noun:

• civil legal aid system (e.g. legal aid for poor people)

noun:

• diligence in studying (e.g. continuing to study even in such poor light as offered by a firefly or that reflected by snow); diligent study

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to get entangled; to get tangled; to tangle
• to have poor control over (one's tongue, feet, etc.); to trip over ➜ 舌が縺れる
• to become complicated

noun:

• stormy weather (at sea) Antonym: 凪
• poor catch of fish (due to stormy seas)
• poor turn-out; recession

noun / prefix noun:

• chicken bones (e.g. for soup); chicken carcass ➜ 鶏がら

noun:

• poor-quality coke (coal)

suffix:

• left-overs; remnants

noun / ~の noun:

• base (e.g. of a triangle) ［底辺］ - Mathematics term
• low class; low in social standing; low level; of poor reputation

noun:

• base (e.g. of support); foundation; basis

godan ~す verb / intransitive verb:

• to be hard pressed; to be at a loss ➜ 窮する
• to become poor; to be reduced to poverty

expression / adjective:

• extremely fond of; having a weakness for; being a sucker for
• having poor discernment skills

expression / adjective:

• (having) bad marks or results (e.g. in school)
• of poor quality or workmanship

noun / ~の noun:

• very stormy weather (at sea)

noun:

• very poor catch of fish (due to stormy seas)