[ばつ;ぺけ;ペケ, batsu ; peke ; peke] (n) (1) (See 罰点) x-mark (used to indicate an incorrect answer in a test, etc.); (2) (ペケ only) (uk) impossibility; futility; uselessness #448
[そら, sora] (n) (1) empty air; sky; (2) { Buddh } shunya (emptiness, the lack of an immutable intrinsic nature within any phemomenon); (3) (abbr) (See 空軍) air force; (n, adj-na) (4) fruitlessness; meaninglessness; (5) (See 五大・1) void (one of the five elements) #1345
[やみ, yami] (n, adj-no) (1) darkness; the dark; dark; (2) bewilderment; despair; hopelessness; (3) black-marketeering; shady; illegal; under-the-table; (P) #3351
[むだ, muda] (adj-na, n) futility; uselessness; pointlessness; (P) #6797
[ぜつぼう, zetsubou] (n, vs, adj-no) despair; hopelessness; (P) #8036
[むよう, muyou] (adj-na, n, adj-no) useless; futility; needlessness; unnecessariness; (P) #10434
[ふほう, fuhou] (adj-na, n, adj-no) lawlessness; injustice; illegality; unlawfulness; (P) #10820
[yakuza (P); yakuza] (n) (1) (possibly from 八九三) professional gambler or ruffian (esp. a member of the Japanese mafia); yakuza (member); (adj-na, n) (2) uselessness; purposelessness; (P) #17614
[むりょく, muryoku] (adj-na, n, adj-no) powerlessness; helplessness; incompetent; (P) #18030
[ちゅうせい, chuusei] (n, adj-no) (1) neutrality (incl. chemical, electrical, etc.); indifference; (2) sexlessness; androgyny; androgyne; neuter; (3) { ling } neuter gender; (P) #18182