Entry
  1. Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), I-adjective (keiyoushi)

    stupid; meaningless; worthless; pointless; boring

    Usually written using kana alone

    あぁ……、若かったとはいえ、しょうもない凡ミスだ。
    Ahh ... well I was young but what a stupid mistake.
  2. hopeless (person, situation); beyond help; beyond saving

    Usually written using kana alone

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

attend, doing, official, serve

Kun
つか.える
On
Strokes
5
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N4
Frequency
439 of 2500
Radical
person
WaniKani
Level 4

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
1-2-3SKIP code
2a3.2The Kanji Dictionary
2421.0Four corner code
2172deroo
4ed5Unicode hex code
1-27-37JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
362Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
123New Nelson (John Haig)
34New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
37Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
21Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
21Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
960Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1033Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
397A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
124Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
75Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
368Morohashi
285A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
333Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
333Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
221sakade
110Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
301henshall3
250Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
271crowley
236Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.7busy_people
58Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
969Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
shi4Pinyin reading
saKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
4WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

Esq., way, manner, situation, polite suffix

Kun
さまさん
On
ヨウショウ
Strokes
14
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N3
Frequency
493 of 2500
Radical
tree
WaniKani
Level 13

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
1-4-10SKIP code
4a10.25The Kanji Dictionary
4893.2Four corner code
1842deroo
69d8Unicode hex code
1-45-45JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2341Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2821New Nelson (John Haig)
1052New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1332Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
723Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
969Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
933Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1003Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
472A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2099Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
309Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
15352PMorohashi
407A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
403Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
407Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
328sakade
641Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
430henshall3
429Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
216crowley
677Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.15busy_people
1110Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
942Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
yang4Pinyin reading
yangKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
13WaniKani level