Meanings
Adjective (な)
Noun
Usually written in kana
1. no good; not serving its purpose; useless; broken
2. hopeless; wasted; in vain; purposeless
3. cannot; must not; not allowed
Noun
4. neutral point (in go); intersection owned by neither player at the end of a game
Kanji used
low quality
eye
Pitch accent
Top 1500
Composed of
poor; low-grade; load; pack; packhorse
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
Used in vocabulary (15 in total)
to spoil; to break; to go bad; to go wrong; to fail
entirely useless; completely worthless; no no; don't!
making doubly sure; insurance run (baseball); points scored for good measure
useless member of society; hopeless case; failure
criticizing; lambasting; pointing out faults; calling for a retake; ordering (somebody) to redo something
giving something a try because it will not do any harm
giving something a try because one has nothing to lose
giving something a try because it will not do any harm
no-good man; (male) loser
no-good man; (male) loser
to make sure; to make doubly sure
giving something a try because one has nothing to lose
no-good woman; (female) loser
stocking up on; hoarding
filling neutral points (in go); filling dame points
Examples (24 in total)
You can't go out.
The other one is no good.
You must do it yourself.