JLPT N1 · pre-noun adjectival

ろくな (rokuna)

ろくな is a Japanese pre-noun adjectival meaning “satisfactory; decent”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: ろくな
Romaji: rokuna
Word class: pre-noun adjectival
Level: JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

satisfactory; decent; good; proper; respectable · pre-noun adjectival · usually written in kana · with neg. sentence

Example sentences

麻薬に手を出すとろくなことはない。

If you mess with drugs, you're asking for trouble.

Tatoeba #81431

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Source: JMdict entry 1612330 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.