Word details

無駄食い

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

Dictionary

Entry

無駄食い徒食いだぐいNoun~する VerbFreq #246992
1

eating between meals; wasteful eating habits; waste of resources

2

living idly; loafing one's way through life

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

eat, food

9 strokesFrequency 328JLPT N4Grade 2

On

ショクジキ

Kun

く.うく.らうた.べるは.む

Nanori

ぐい

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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