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《無駄》むだムダ徒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.
だめ駄目ダメ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.
4

Common noun; Go (game)

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

5

Word usually written using kana alone; Interjection

no!; stop!

下駄箱げた箱げたばこNounFreq #17311
1

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

下駄げたゲタ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

無駄話むだ話むだばなし徒話NounIntransitive～する VerbFreq #20316
1

idle talk; chit-chat; gossip

Examples
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.
無駄足ムダ足むだあし徒足NounIntransitive～する VerbFreq #23826
1

visit for no reason; going on a fool's errand

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.
無駄遣いむ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.
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.
だめだめ駄目駄目ダメダメUsually kanaFreq #19597
1

Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)

entirely useless; completely worthless

2

Interjection

no no; don't!

時間を無駄にする時間をむだにするじかんをむだにするExpressionする VerbFreq #23576
1

to waste time

Examples
僕が時間を無駄にしてるって思ってる？
Do you think I'm wasting my time?
駄だFreq #25322
1

Prefix

poor; low-grade; trivial; insignificant; worthless

2

Noun, used as a suffix; Counter

load; pack; horse load

3

Common noun

packhorse

無駄口ムダ口むだぐち徒口NounFreq #29128
1

chatter; idle talk

だめもと (駄目元／駄目もと)駄目元駄目もとダメ元ダメもと (ダメ元)NounUsually kanaFreq #29490
1

Colloquial; Abbreviation

giving something a try because it will not do any harm

《駄々》《駄駄》だだダダNounFreq #30535
1

tantrum; fretting

駄菓子だがしNounFreq #30870
1

penny candy; cheap individually wrapped sweets

駄賃だちんNounFreq #43423
1

reward; recompense; tip

2

conveyance charge; packhorse charge

駄犬だけんNounFreq #43481
1

mongrel; cur; mutt

韋駄天いだてんNounFreq #43727
1

Buddhism

Skanda (swift-footed guardian deity)

2

great runner

無駄骨むだぼね徒骨NounFreq #45453
1

wasted effort; fruitless effort; vain efforts

だべる駄弁るダベるIntransitiveUsually kanaGodan verbFreq #45591
1

Colloquial

to jabber; to chatter; to chat with

Examples
ダベってないで仕事しろ。
Stop shooting the breeze and get to work!
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