Na-adjective (keiyodoshi)useless; vain; aimless; idle

Nounparty; set; gang; company; person

Nounimprisonment (for 1-3 years; third most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)

Nounfoot soldier (Edo period); samurai on foot · going on foot; walking

Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'walking; going on foot

Nounfruitless effort; wasted effort; abortive scheme; futility

Noun, Na-adjective (keiyodoshi)tedium; boredom; ennui

Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Nounuselessness

Na-adjective (keiyodoshi)making light of; disregarding

Na-adjective (keiyodoshi)making light of; disregarding

Nounnon-fruit-bearing flower; sterile flower · something that is flashy with no content

Nounbeing empty-handed; bare hands (in a fight) · being penniless

Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verbwade across

Nounapprentice

Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verbconspirators; faction; cabal; clique

Nounpenal servitude

Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verbidle life; idleness

Nounephemeral cherry blossom; easily scattered cherry blossom; ephemeral thing · unfaithful woman; prostitute

Nounset; company; companions; fellows

Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verbdying in vain

Nounrumor of a romance (rumour)

Noun, Suru verbwalking; going on foot

Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verbwaste

Nounplain speech; direct speech

Nouncheating heart; fleeting heart; fickle heart

Nounhumble samurai who served as a body guard on foot

Nounordinary person; untitled individual

Nounimprisonment (for 1-3 years; third most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)

Nounuseless fellow · down-and-out person · dead person

Nounwalker; person going by foot

Nounprisoner (for one to three years under the ritsuryō system)

Nouncapricious person; fickle person · stylish person

Nounnonsense; gibberish; meaningless word

Nounfoot soldier; footman

Adverb (fukushi)uselessly; pointlessly; in vain; to no purpose; for nothing; idly

Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verbunproductive growth (of a plant or tree)

Nountrivial matter; trifling thing; unimportant thing

Nouncheating heart; fleeting heart; fickle heart

Nounfoot race

Nounbodyguards in service of the shogun who would walk ahead of him on an outing (Edo period)

Nounhumble samurai who served as a body guard on foot · bodyguards in service of the shogun who would walk ahead of him on an outing (Edo period)

Nouninfantry; infantryman; foot soldier · infantry battle; battle between infantry

Noun(within) walking distance

Nounfleeting love; transient feelings · (a) hint of kindness · wasted compassion

Nounfeeling of futility; sense of wasted effort

NounEssays in Idleness by Yoshida Kenkou (1283-1352)

Nounbeing empty-handed · being penniless; having no capital (for starting a business)

Noun or verb acting prenominallyunusual; uncommon; extraordinary; out of the ordinary; incomparable; serious; alarming

Nounfree-standing exercises; calisthenics (performed without using any apparatus)