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jmdict 1570950 Active (id: 2277560)
不甲斐ない不甲斐無い [sK] 腑甲斐ない [rK] 腑甲斐無い [rK]
ふがいない
1. [adj-i]
▶ good-for-nothing
▶ spineless
▶ gutless
▶ spiritless
▶ feckless
▶ pluckless
▶ cowardly
▶ tame
▶ timid
▶ pathetic
▶ pitiful
▶ disappointing
▶ shameful
▶ useless
▶ worthless

Conjugations


History:
9. A 2023-09-20 10:06:46  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Diff:
@@ -8,0 +9 @@
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
8. A 2022-12-21 20:24:16  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Maybe not so far up. Robin dropped worthless last year.
  Diff:
@@ -24,2 +23,0 @@
-<gloss>useless</gloss>
-<gloss>worthless</gloss>
@@ -37,0 +36,2 @@
+<gloss>useless</gloss>
+<gloss>worthless</gloss>
7. A* 2022-12-21 02:41:39  Kyle Ong <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/word/腑甲斐無い/#jn-191088
  Comments:
added definitions
  Diff:
@@ -23,0 +24,2 @@
+<gloss>useless</gloss>
+<gloss>worthless</gloss>
@@ -31,0 +34,2 @@
+<gloss>pathetic</gloss>
+<gloss>pitiful</gloss>
6. A 2022-06-05 01:23:43  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
5. A* 2022-06-04 16:26:28  Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
Google N-gram Corpus Counts
| 不甲斐ない | 78,335 | 48.1% |
| 不甲斐無い | 13,712 |  8.4% |
| 腑甲斐ない |  1,963 |  1.2% |
| 腑甲斐無い |    724 |  0.4% |
| ふがいない | 68,048 | 41.8% |
  Comments:
Despite the low n-gram counts, the kokugos seem to prefer 腑
  Diff:
@@ -11,0 +12 @@
+<ke_inf>&rK;</ke_inf>
@@ -14,0 +16 @@
+<ke_inf>&rK;</ke_inf>
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