noun:

• someone who became a teacher for lack of anything better to do - slang - derogatory term

expression:

• undesirable state brought about by (my) lack of virtue; feeling morally responsible; mea culpa - with an apologetic tone

adjectival noun / noun:

• lack of relation (to); independence (of)

noun:

• lack of rainfall; drought

noun:

• lack of individuality or personality

noun / ~の noun:

• lack of information; data deficiency

noun / ~の noun:

• lack of training

expression:

• those who resort to blandishments and fawning smiles are apt to lack compassion; a honeyed tongue with a heart of gall - archaism ➜ 巧言令色

adjectival noun / noun:

• lack of refinement; inelegance; want of artistic taste; lack of poetic sense ➜ 没風流

noun / ~の noun:

• lack of funds

noun:

• lack of responsibility; absence of liability

noun:

• lack of evidence; insufficient evidence

noun / ~する noun:

• lack of innovation; stupidity

noun / ~の noun:

• lack of experience

noun / ~する noun:

• lack of registration (in the census register)
• buying a geisha or prostitute her contractual freedom ➜ 身請け

noun:

• lack of talent; incompetency

noun:

• lack of (slackness in) military discipline; demoralization - four character idiom

noun:

• lack of knowledge or understanding - four character idiom

noun / ~の noun:

• lack of sleep

noun:

• lack of blood flow; poor circulation

prefix:

• for lack of anything better to do - before an occupation, etc.

noun / adjectival noun:

• lack of religion; irreligion; atheism

noun:

• one's lack of learning or ability; shallow learning and limited ability - four character idiom

noun:

• lack of ability; incompetence; incapacity

adjectival noun / noun:

• imbalance; lack of balance; lopsidedness; disproportion; inequality; disparity