Word details
もったいない
Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word もったいない.
Dictionary
Entry
1
wasteful; a waste
Examples
とてもいい天気だから家の中にいるのがもったいない。
It's too sunny to stay inside.
2
too good; more than one deserves; unworthy of
3
impious; profane; sacrilegious
Character notes
Kanji in this Word
勿
not, must not, do not, be not
4 strokesGrade 9
On
モチブツボツ
Kun
なか.れなし
体
body, substance, object, reality, counter for images
7 strokesFrequency 88JLPT N3Grade 2
On
タイテイ
Kun
からだかたち
Nanori
なり
無
nothingness, none, ain't, nothing, nil, not
12 strokesFrequency 274JLPT N2Grade 4
On
ムブ
Kun
な.い
物
thing, object, matter
8 strokesFrequency 215JLPT N3Grade 3
On
ブツモツ
Kun
ものもの-
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