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Meaning of 無駄話(むだばなし) in Japanese

Reading and JLPT level 無駄話

Kana Reading むだばなし

Romaji mudabanashi

Parts of speech

noun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru

Meaning

gossip; idle talk; chat

Examples of 無駄話, むだばなし in a sentence

あの老人たちは街角に無駄話をしに行くのが好きだ。

The old men like to meet on the street corner just to shoot the bull.

Related Kanji

駄 JLPT 1

14 strokes

burdensome, pack horse, horse load, send by horse

On'Yomi: ダ, タ

Kun'Yomi:

無 JLPT 2

12 strokes

nothingness, none, ain't, nothing, nil, not

On'Yomi: ム, ブ

Kun'Yomi: な.い

話 JLPT 5

13 strokes

tale, talk

On'Yomi: ワ

Kun'Yomi: はな.す, はなし