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Variations:
素っ気ない
素っ気無い
素気ない(io)
素気無い(io)

 sokkenai
    そっけない
(adjective) (kana only) cold; short; curt; blunt

Variations:
絶え間なく
絶え間無く
絶間なく
絶間無く

 taemanaku
    たえまなく
(adverb) incessantly; without a pause

Variations:
継ぎ目なし
継目なし
継ぎ目無し
継目無し

 tsugimenashi
    つぎめなし
(can be adjective with の) seamless; jointless; one-piece

Variations:
締まりがない
締りがない
締まりが無い
しまりが無い
締りが無い

 shimariganai
    しまりがない
(exp,adj-i) (kana only) (See 締まりのない,だらしが無い・1) not at all tense; relaxed; calm

Variations:
締まりのない
締まりの無い
締りのない
締りの無い

 shimarinonai
    しまりのない
(exp,adj-i) (See 締まりがない) slack; loose; lax; slovenly; sloppy

Variations:
致し方ない
致し方無い(sK)
いたし方ない(sK)
致しかたない(sK)

 itashikatanai
    いたしかたない
(exp,adj-i) (1) (humble language) (See 仕方がない・1) there's no (other) way; (exp,adj-i) (2) (humble language) cannot be helped; unavoidable; inevitable; (there's) nothing one can do; having no choice; (exp,adj-i) (3) (humble language) (oft. as 〜ても致し方ない) it's no use (doing); pointless; useless; no good; insufficient; not enough; (exp,adj-i) (4) (humble language) hopeless (person); annoying; troublesome; awful; (exp,adj-i) (5) (humble language) (as 〜て致し方ない or 〜で致し方ない) cannot stand it; unbearable; cannot help (doing, feeling); dying (to do)

Variations:
舐める
嘗める(rK)
甞める(rK)
無礼る(sK)

 nameru(p); nameru(sk)
    なめる(P); ナメる(sk)
(transitive verb) (1) to lick; to lap; to suck; (transitive verb) (2) to taste; (transitive verb) (3) to experience (esp. a hardship); (transitive verb) (4) (kana only) (also written as ナメる and 無礼る) to underestimate; to make light of; to look down on (someone); to make a fool of; to treat with contempt; to disparage; (transitive verb) (5) to lick (at; of flames); to burn

Variations:
色男金と力はなかりけり
色男金と力は無かりけり

 irootokokanetochikarahanakarikeri
    いろおとこかねとちからはなかりけり
(expression) (proverb) handsome men have neither money nor power

Variations:
蟠りなく
わだかまり無く(sK)
蟠り無く(sK)

 wadakamarinaku
    わだかまりなく
(adverb) (kana only) with no ill feeling; openly; without reserve

Variations:
見っともない(rK)
見っとも無い(sK)

 mittomonai
    みっともない
(adjective) (kana only) shameful; disgraceful; unsightly; indecent; unseemly; unbecoming; improper

Variations:
見っとも無い(rK)
見っともない(rK)

 mittomonai
    みっともない
(adjective) (kana only) shameful; disgraceful; unsightly; indecent; unseemly; unbecoming; improper

Variations:
見境なく
見境無く
見さかいなく(sK)

 misakainaku
    みさかいなく
(exp,adv) indiscriminately

Variations:
覚束ない(ateji)
覚束無い(ateji)
覺束ない(ateji)(oK)

 obotsukanai; kakusokunai(ik)
    おぼつかない; かくそくない(ik)
(adjective) (1) (kana only) uncertain; doubtful; unpromising; (adjective) (2) (kana only) unreliable; unsteady; insecure; shaky; faltering; (adjective) (3) (kana only) unclear; vague; hazy; indistinct

Variations:
覚束ない(ateji)
覚束無い(sK)
おぼつか無い(sK)
覺束ない(sK)

 obotsukanai; kakusokunai(ik)
    おぼつかない; かくそくない(ik)
(adjective) (1) (kana only) uncertain; doubtful; unpromising; (adjective) (2) (kana only) unreliable; unsteady; insecure; shaky; faltering; (adjective) (3) (kana only) unclear; vague; hazy; indistinct

親の意見と茄子の花は千に一つも無駄はない

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 oyanoikentonasubinohanahasennihitotsumomudahanai
    おやのいけんとなすびのはなはせんにひとつもむだはない
(exp,adj-i) (proverb) always listen to your parents; always value your parents' advice; not even one in a thousand of a parents' opinion or an eggplant flower are in vain

Variations:
親はなくても子は育つ
親は無くても子は育つ

 oyahanakutemokohasodatsu
    おやはなくてもこはそだつ
(exp,v5t) (proverb) nature itself is a good mother; even without parents, children grow up

Variations:
親はなくても子は育つ
親は無くても子は育つ(sK)

 oyahanakutemokohasodatsu
    おやはなくてもこはそだつ
(exp,v5t) (proverb) nature itself is a good mother; even without parents, children grow up

Variations:
親はなくとも子は育つ
親は無くとも子は育つ

 oyahanakutomokohasodatsu
    おやはなくともこはそだつ
(exp,v5t) (proverb) nature itself is a good mother; even without parents, children grow up

Variations:
親はなくとも子は育つ
親は無くとも子は育つ(sK)

 oyahanakutomokohasodatsu
    おやはなくともこはそだつ
(exp,v5t) (proverb) nature itself is a good mother; even without parents, children grow up

Variations:
触らぬ神に祟りなし
触らぬ神にたたりなし
触らぬ神に祟り無し

 sawaranukaminitatarinashi
    さわらぬかみにたたりなし
(expression) (proverb) let sleeping dogs lie; wake not a sleeping lion; the spirit you do not approach will not curse you

Variations:
言うことなし
言う事なし
言うこと無し
言う事無し

 iukotonashi
    いうことなし
(expression) nothing one can say (e.g. about something perfect); not a thing one can complain about; better than one could hope for

Variations:
言うまでもない
言うまでも無い
言う迄も無い
言う迄もない

 iumademonai(p); yuumademonai / iumademonai(p); yumademonai
    いうまでもない(P); ゆうまでもない
(exp,adj-i) goes without saying; needless to say; obvious

Variations:
言うまでもなく
言うまでも無く
言う迄もなく
言う迄も無く

 iumademonaku; yuumademonaku / iumademonaku; yumademonaku
    いうまでもなく; ゆうまでもなく
(expression) obviously; as we all know; needless to say; of course; it goes without saying

Variations:
言えなくもない
言えなくも無い(sK)
いえなくも無い(sK)

 ienakumonai
    いえなくもない
(exp,adj-i) (usu. as ...と〜) (one) could (even) say ...; it could be said (that) ...; it wouldn't be wrong to say (that) ...

Variations:
訳ではない
訳では無い
わけでは無い

 wakedehanai
    わけではない
(expression) (kana only) (See 訳・わけ・1) it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that ...

Variations:
詮方ない(ateji)
せん方ない
為ん方ない(rK)
為ん方無い(sK)
詮方無い(sK)

 senkatanai
    せんかたない
(adjective) (dated) (See 仕方ない・2) cannot be helped; unavoidable; inevitable; (there's) nothing one can do; having no choice

Variations:
詮方ない(ateji)
詮方無い(ateji)
為ん方ない
為ん方無い

 senkatanai
    せんかたない
(adjective) (1) (See どうしようもない) it cannot be helped; there is no way; (adjective) (2) (archaism) intolerable; unbearable

Variations:
誰彼となく
誰かれとなく
誰彼と無く
だれかれと無く

 darekaretonaku
    だれかれとなく
(exp,n) anyone and everyone; anybody at all

Variations:
諸行無常
諸行無情(sK)
諸業無常(sK)

 shogyoumujou / shogyomujo
    しょぎょうむじょう
(yoji) {Buddh} (See 四法印) all things must pass; all worldly things are impermanent

Variations:
貧乏暇なし
貧乏暇無し
貧乏ヒマなし(sK)
貧乏ヒマ無し(sK)

 binbouhimanashi / binbohimanashi
    びんぼうひまなし
(expression) (proverb) a poor man has no time for leisure; there is no rest for the poor

Variations:
足元にも及ばない
足元にもおよばない
足元にも及ば無い

 ashimotonimooyobanai
    あしもとにもおよばない
(exp,adj-i) to be no match for; to not hold a candle to

Variations:
身の置き所がない
身の置きどころがない
身の置き所が無い

 minookidokoroganai
    みのおきどころがない
(exp,adj-i) not knowing what to do with oneself (out of embarrassment, etc.); not knowing where to put oneself; feeling out of place; feeling that one doesn't belong

Variations:
身も蓋もない
実も蓋もない(iK)
身もふたもない(sK)
実もふたもない(sK)
身も蓋も無い(sK)
実も蓋も無い(sK)

 mimofutamonai
    みもふたもない
(exp,adj-i) (idiom) blunt; to the point; direct; outspoken; frank

Variations:
身も蓋もない
身も蓋も無い
身もふたもない
実も蓋もない(iK)
実も蓋も無い(iK)

 mimofutamonai
    みもふたもない
(exp,adj-i) (idiom) blunt; to the point; direct; outspoken; frank

Variations:
造作もない
造作も無い
雑作もない
雑作も無い

 zousamonai / zosamonai
    ぞうさもない
(exp,adj-i) no trouble; easy; simple

Variations:
遠慮なければ近憂あり
遠慮無ければ近憂あり

 enryonakerebakinyuuari / enryonakerebakinyuari
    えんりょなければきんゆうあり
(expression) (proverb) plan ahead or you will soon have worries

Variations:
遣る瀬無い(rK)
遣る瀬ない(sK)
やる瀬ない(sK)

 yarusenai
    やるせない
(adjective) (kana only) miserable; wretched; disconsolate; helpless; cheerless; sorrowful; downhearted; dreary; having no way to dispel (a feeling); having no solace (from)

Variations:
遺憾なく
如何なく(iK)
遺憾無く(sK)
如何無く(sK)

 ikannaku
    いかんなく
(adverb) fully; to the full; (most) satisfactorily; amply; sufficiently; completely; perfectly

Variations:
遺憾なく
遺憾無く
如何なく(iK)
如何無く(iK)

 ikannaku
    いかんなく
(adverb) amply; sufficiently; fully; completely; all out

Variations:
間もない頃
間もないころ
間も無い頃
間も無いころ

 mamonaikoro
    まもないころ
(expression) in the early period (of something); at the beginning

Variations:
静寂(rK)
沈黙(rK)
無言(rK)
黙(rK)

 shijima(gikun)
    しじま(gikun)
(kana only) (poetic term) silence; stillness; quietness

Variations:
非の打ち所がない
非の打ち所が無い
非の打ちどころがない
非の打ちどころが無い

 hinouchidokoroganai / hinochidokoroganai
    ひのうちどころがない
(exp,adj-i) impeccable; unimpeachable; cannot be faulted; above reproach; beyond reproach; faultless; perfect

Variations:
非の打ち所がない
非の打ち所が無い
非の打ちどころがない(sK)
非の打ちどころが無い(sK)

 hinouchidokoroganai / hinochidokoroganai
    ひのうちどころがない
(exp,adj-i) faultless; flawless; perfect; impeccable; unimpeachable; beyond reproach; cannot be faulted

Variations:
非の打ち所のない
非の打ち所の無い(sK)
非の打ちどころのない(sK)
非のうちどころのない(sK)
非の打ちどころの無い(sK)

 hinouchidokorononai / hinochidokorononai
    ひのうちどころのない
(exp,adj-i) impeccable; unimpeachable; cannot be faulted; above reproach; beyond reproach; faultless; perfect

Variations:
鞍上人なく鞍下馬なし
鞍上人無く鞍下馬無し

 anjouhitonakuankaumanashi / anjohitonakuankaumanashi
    あんじょうひとなくあんかうまなし
(expression) (idiom) riding a horse so skillfully that it appears as if man and horse have become one

Variations:
馬鹿につける薬はない
バカにつける薬はない
バカに付ける薬は無い
馬鹿に付ける薬は無い

 bakanitsukerukusurihanai(馬鹿nitsukeru薬hanai, 馬鹿ni付keru薬hai); bakanitsukerukusurihanai(bakanitsukeru薬hanai, bakani付keru薬hai)
    ばかにつけるくすりはない(馬鹿につける薬はない, 馬鹿に付ける薬は無い); バカにつけるくすりはない(バカにつける薬はない, バカに付ける薬は無い)
(exp,adj-i) (proverb) a born fool is never cured; there is no medicine for fools

Variations:
馬鹿につける薬はない
バカにつける薬はない
馬鹿につける薬は無い
馬鹿に付ける薬はない
バカにつける薬は無い(sK)
バカに付ける薬はない(sK)
バカに付ける薬は無い(sK)
馬鹿に付ける薬は無い(sK)

 bakanitsukerukusurihanai
    ばかにつけるくすりはない
(exp,adj-i) (proverb) a born fool is never cured; there is no cure for stupidity; there is no medicine for fools

Variations:
馬鹿に付ける薬はない
馬鹿につける薬はない(sK)
バカにつける薬はない(sK)
馬鹿につける薬は無い(sK)
バカにつける薬は無い(sK)
バカに付ける薬はない(sK)
バカに付ける薬は無い(sK)
馬鹿に付ける薬は無い(sK)

 bakanitsukerukusurihanai
    ばかにつけるくすりはない
(exp,adj-i) (proverb) a born fool is never cured; there is no medicine for fools

Variations:
驚くなかれ
驚く勿れ(rK)
驚く無かれ(iK)
愕くなかれ(sK)
驚く莫れ(sK)

 odorokunakare
    おどろくなかれ
(expression) do not be surprised; lo and behold; wait for it

Variations:
鳥なき里の蝙蝠
鳥なき里のコウモリ
鳥無き里の蝙蝠
鳥なき里のこうもり(sK)
鳥無き里のコウモリ(sK)

 torinakisatonokoumori / torinakisatonokomori
    とりなきさとのこうもり
(exp,n) (proverb) in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king; a bat in a village without birds

Variations:
鳥なき里の蝙蝠
鳥無き里の蝙蝠
鳥なき里のこうもり(sK)

 torinakisatonokoumori / torinakisatonokomori
    とりなきさとのこうもり
(exp,n) (idiom) a man among the geese when the gander is away; a one-eyed king in the land of the blind; a bat in a village without birds

Variations:
雲ひとつない
雲一つない
雲ひとつ無い(sK)
雲一つ無い(sK)

 kumohitotsunai
    くもひとつない
(exp,adj-i) cloudless (sky); without a cloud (in the sky)

Variations:
無いものねだり
無い物強請り(rK)
無い物ねだり(sK)
ない物ねだり(sK)
無いもの強請り(sK)
ないもの強請り(sK)

 naimononedari
    ないものねだり
(kana only) asking for the moon; asking for the impossible; asking for too much; thinking the grass is greener on the other side of the fence

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