Definition of 碌でなし (ろくでなし)

ろく

碌でなし

ろくでなし

rokudenashi

noun
•
bum, good-for-nothing, ne'er-do-well(usually kana)
Other readings:
ろくでなし《陸でなし》
、
ろくでなし《碌で無し》[1]
、
ろくでなし《ろくで無し》
、
ロクデナシ
Notes:
  1. ateji (phonetic) reading
Related Kanji
碌 satisfactory
陸 land, six
無 nothingness, none, ain't, nothing, nil, not
Example sentences(showing 2 results)

Those good-for-nothing layabouts were sacked

I'm a zero