(informal) to be a failure

to read (look at and interpret written text) / to read (speak aloud written text) / to infer; to speculate / to count

reading / (figuratively) understanding of something, speculation about something

do, perform / act, play / render / stage

foolish, absurd / indecent, indelicate

foolishness, stupidity / indecency, indelicateness

A scorpionfish (Scorpaenidae), a stonefish (Synanceia), a devil stinger (Inimicus japonicus).

鰧, 虎魚: scorpionfish

鬼鰧, 鬼虎魚: scorpionfish, Inimicus japonicus

A scorpionfish, a stonefish, a devil stinger: species Inimicus japonicus.