Word details

無駄話

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 無駄話.

Dictionary

Entry

無駄話むだ話だばなし徒話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.

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

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

12 strokesFrequency 274JLPT N2Grade 4

On

Kun

な.い

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

14 strokesFrequency 1,500JLPT N1Grade 8

On

tale, talk

13 strokesFrequency 134JLPT N4Grade 2

On

Kun

はな.すはなし

on foot, junior, emptiness, vanity, futility, uselessness, ephemeral thing, gang, set, party, people

10 strokesFrequency 817JLPT N2Grade 4

On

Kun

いたずらあだ

Nanori

かち

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