字足らず

じたらず

waka, haiku, etc. with insufficient syllables

くの字

くのじ

the hiragana character "ku"

ずく無し

ずくなし

bum, slacker, good-for-nothing, loser

崩し字

くずしじ

character written in a cursive style

字消し

eraser

ずく

putting oneself into something, exerting oneself

ずしずし

ずしずし

thump, thud (sound representing the footfalls of something heavy)

くの字点

くのじてん

iteration mark shaped like the hiragana "ku" (used in vertical writing to represent repetition of two or more characters)

字

じ あざ あざな

Chinese courtesy name (name formerly given to adult Chinese men, used in place of their given name in formal situations)

花のしずく

はなのしずく

dew that trickles down from a flower

誤字脱字

ごじだつじ

mistaken or missing characters; omissions or errors

一字一字

いちじいちじ

letter by letter, character by character

字消し板

じけしばん

eraser shield

額ずく

ぬかずく ぬかづく ぬかつく

to kowtow (to bow from a kneeling position such that the forehead touches the ground), to prostrate oneself, to give a deep, reverent bow

腕ずく

うでずく うでづく

main force, brute force, strong-arm

くず肉

くずにく

waste meat, meat scraps, offal

くず米

くずごめ

rice fragments; broken rice; crushed rice

くず物

くずもの

trash, junk, garbage

糸くず

いとくず

lint (as in a clothes dryer or a pocket), waste thread, fibers, such as might wrap around the gears in small mechanisms and cause them to jam, fluff