Word details
無駄遣い
Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 無駄遣い.
Dictionary
Entry
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!
Character notes
Kanji in this Word
無
nothingness, none, ain't, nothing, nil, not
12 strokesFrequency 274JLPT N2Grade 4
On
ムブ
Kun
な.い
駄
burdensome, pack horse, horse load, send by horse, trivial, worthless
14 strokesFrequency 1,500JLPT N1Grade 8
On
ダタ
遣
dispatch, despatch, send, give, donate, do, undertake
12 strokesFrequency 664JLPT N1Grade 8
On
ケン
Kun
つか.う-つか.い-づか.いつか.わすや.る
使
use, send on a mission, order, messenger, envoy, ambassador, cause
8 strokesFrequency 219JLPT N3Grade 3
On
シ
Kun
つか.うつか.い-つか.い-づか.い
徒
on foot, junior, emptiness, vanity, futility, uselessness, ephemeral thing, gang, set, party, people
10 strokesFrequency 817JLPT N2Grade 4
On
ト
Kun
いたずらあだ
Nanori
かち
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