へったくれ

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Japanese

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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へったくれ • (hettakure) 

  1. Used in dismissal, in the formula ○○もへったくれもない (○○ mo hettakure mo nai).
    モラルもへったくれもない社(しゃ)会(かい)
    moraru mo hettakure mo nai shakai
    a society with neither morals nor squat
    夢(ゆめ)もへったくれもない
    yume mo hettakure mo nai
    how boring
    (literally, “neither dreams nor squat”)

References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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