burdensome, pack horse, horse load, send by horse, trivial, worthless

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無駄ムダNoun~な Adj.Freq #1418
1

futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness

Examples
今更後悔しても無駄だ。
It's no use regretting it now.
駄目ダメFreq #1426
1

Word usually written using kana alone; Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi); Common noun

no good; not serving its purpose; useless; broken

Examples
去年はジョギングシューズを2足駄目にした。
I wore out two pairs of jogging shoes last year.
2

Word usually written using kana alone; Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi); Common noun

hopeless; wasted; in vain; purposeless

Examples
もうだめだ。
It's all over.
3

Word usually written using kana alone; Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi); Common noun

cannot; must not; not allowed

Examples
夜遅くまで起きていては駄目だよ。
Don't sit up late at night.
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Common noun; Go (game)

neutral point; intersection owned by neither player at the end of a game

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Word usually written using kana alone; Interjection

no!; stop!

無駄にするむだにするExpressionする VerbFreq #9550
1

to render futile; to bring to naught; to waste; to not make good use of

Examples
無駄にした時間を取り返さなければならない。
You must make up for lost time.
無駄になるむだになるExpressionGodan verbFreq #11031
1

to come to nothing; to be in vain; to lead nowhere

Examples
食べ物が無駄になるのを見るのはいやだ。
I don't like to see food go to waste.
時間の無駄時間のむだ時間のムダじかんのむだ (時間の無駄/時間のむだ)じかんのムダ (時間のムダ)NounExpressionFreq #12521
1

waste of time

Examples
そんなことやっても時間の無駄にすぎない。
Trying to do such a thing is a waste of time.
無駄遣いだづかい無駄使い徒遣いNounTransitive~する VerbFreq #14545
1

waste (of money, time, etc.); squandering; frittering away

Examples
なんてひどいむだ使いでしょう。
What a fearful waste of money!
駄々をこねる駄々を捏ねるだだをこねるExpressionIchidan verbFreq #16288
1

Idiomatic expression

to be unreasonable; to whine; to throw a tantrum

Examples
あの子はいつもだだをこねている
That child is always throwing tantrums.
下駄箱げた箱たばこNounFreq #17311
1

shoe rack (at an entrance); shoe cupboard; shoe cubby

駄目になるだめになるExpressionGodan verbFreq #18765
1

to spoil; to break; to go bad; to go wrong; to fail

Examples
彼女のブーツは私のものよりずっと早くだめになる
Her boots wear out much more quickly than mine.
下駄ゲタNounFreq #19114
1

geta; traditional Japanese wooden sandal

Examples
下駄を突っかけて表に飛び出した。
I slipped on my geta and dashed outside.
2

Printing; Printed as 〓, resembling the teeth of a geta

turn (in set-type proofing); upside-down character

3

Go (game); Esp. ゲタ

net; geta

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