ろく
- satisfactory; decent; good; proper; worthyword usually written using kana aloneused with negative verb
adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi); noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
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Generated definitions (experimental)
- satisfactory; decent; good; proper; worthy
This usage of the word describes something that meets a certain standard or is of acceptable quality. It often suggests that something is better than average but not necessarily outstanding.
Generated collocations (experimental)
not satisfactory; not decenta proper thing; something decentto eat decently; to eat properlya worthy result; a satisfactory outcomenot worth anything; uselessto study properly; to study adequatelygood-for-nothing; incompetent personto work properly; to work satisfactorilya good example; a proper casea decent idea; a good thoughtto say something decent; to say something proper
Wiktionary definitions (experimental)
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The swimmer, Cindy Nicholas, barely made it ashore at Dover at the end of the exhausting swim, but a spokesman from the Channel Swimming Association announced that she was in very good shape.
"A fish out of water" is a metaphor for being unable to use your talents due to a change of environment.