Meaning of 無駄 in Japanese
Japanese word definition and usage
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無駄JLPT 3
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Kana Readingむだ
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Romajimuda
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi), noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
- Meaning
- futility; uselessness; pointlessness
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Example Sentences
無駄, むだ used in context
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What I regret now is, rather, that I wasted time.
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昔の作品ですが、ネーム無しで好き放題やってしまったので無駄に長いです。
This is an early work, I did it freely without storyboarding so it's unreasonably long.
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You can save your breath. There is no use talking to him.
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Don't you think it of no use worrying about what will happen tomorrow?
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It was a wild goose chase.
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I do not want to exert myself in vain.
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