Illustration: Outside a Japanese apartment bicycle shelter, a teenager declares a cleaning job finished through a satisfied pose and a neatly folded rag. The bicycle beside them remains heavily coated in dried mud, except for one tiny polished patch on the handlebar.

ろくに

rokuni

properly, enough

Used with a negative verb. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

昨夜さくやはろくに眠ねむれなかった。
I could not sleep much last night.
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彼女かのじょはろくに微笑ほほえみをみせず答こたえた。
She answered with hardly a smile.
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彼女かのじょはろくに食たべないで席せきを立たった。
She had only eaten a little before she left the table.
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