noun / ~の noun:

• failure; defective article; dead loss; botch

noun:

• good-for-nothing; worthless person; flop

noun:

• professional gambler; gangster; gang member ➜ ヤクザ
• good-for-nothing; ne'er-do-well; hoodlum; ruffian

expression / adjective:

• not having enough workers; being understaffed; being undermanned - idiom
• having nothing one can do about something; having no options - idiom

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to fold (one's) arms
• to stand by and do nothing; to look on passively

expression:

• even the strong-willed fall into temptation - proverb
• there's nothing you can't do if you set your mind to it - proverb

noun / ~する noun:

• making a fuss

noun:

• Much Ado about Nothing (Shakespeare)

noun / adjectival noun:

• incompetence; laziness; worthlessness; weakness - colloquialism

noun:

• good-for-nothing; loser; weakling

suffix:

• far from; anything but; not at all
• let alone; to say nothing of; not to speak of; much less

noun:

• wooden figure; wooden doll; puppet ➜ 木偶の坊【でくのぼう】
• blockhead; good-for-nothing; fool ➜ 木偶の坊【でくのぼう】

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be broken; to break
• to fall through; to come to nothing

noun:

• yakuza; gangster; mobster; hoodlum; racketeer; gambler - poss. from 八九三

adjectival noun / noun:

• useless; worthless; good-for-nothing; trashy

noun:

• wooden doll
• blockhead; good-for-nothing

adverb / ~と adverb:

• completely; entirely - onomatopoeia ➜ けろり
• nonchalantly; as if nothing happened - onomatopoeia ➜ けろり

adverb / ~と adverb:

• completely; entirely - onomatopoeia ➜ けろっと・すっかり
• nonchalantly; as if nothing happened - onomatopoeia ➜ けろっと

adverb / ~する noun:

• completely; entirely - onomatopoeia ➜ けろり
• nonchalantly; as if nothing happened - onomatopoeia ➜ けろり

noun / ~の noun:

• set; suit; uniform collection; matching items

suffix noun:

• entirely; all; every one; nothing but - Often as ぞろい

noun:

• going out (e.g. of a fire); dying out
• fizzling out; falling through; coming to nothing

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to go out (of a fire, etc.); to die out (before burning to ash) ➜ 立ち消え
• to fall through (of plans, etc.); to fizzle out; to come to nothing ➜ 立ち消え【たちぎえ】

adjectival noun:

• blunt (e.g. sword); dull
• lazy; cowardly; good for nothing

noun:

• miso lees; miso strainings; miso dregs
• child who is made light of; child who is left out of games; immature child or person; good-for-nothing

noun / ~の noun:

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

adjectival noun:

• straight - archaism ➜ 真直【まなお】・直直【なおなお】
• ordinary; common
• doing nothing

godan ~つ verb / intransitive verb:

• to stick up (hair, etc.); to stand up straight
• to stand up abruptly; to jump to one's feet
• to stand in one place, doing nothing in particular; to stand around; to stand flat-footed

noun:

• universe - Buddhism term
• realm of thought - Buddhism term
• underlying principle of reality; manifestation of true thusness - Buddhism term
• being jealous of things that have nothing to do with one; being jealous of others who are in love with each other ［ほうかい］ - abbreviation ➜ 法界悋気

noun:

• swallowing in one gulp; downing; mouthful; bite
• sipping; sip
• thinking nothing of one's opponent; making easy prey of someone