役立たず

Japanese edit

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

Etymology edit

Compound of 役 +‎ 立たず

Pronunciation edit

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

Adjective edit

役(やく)立(た)たず • (yakutatazu)

useless, deadhead, good-for-nothing, a piece of shit
(politics) lame duck
Synonyms: 死に体, レームダック

References edit

^ 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

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