無駄

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 4
(ateji)

Grade: S
(ateji)
goon
Alternative spelling
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Etymology

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

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()() or 無駄(ムダ) (muda-na (adnominal ()() (muda na), adverbial ()() (muda ni))

  1. useless, pointless; meaningless
    無駄(むだ)だ。
    Muda da.
    It's pointless.
    • 2011 February 9, Hideaki Sorachi, “(だい)(さん)(びゃく)(さん)(じゅう)(いち)(くん) ()(ごと)(けん)(がく)大人(おとな)にとっても(まな)(こと)(おお)() [Lesson 331: Field Trips Are Often Learning Experiences Even for Adults]”, in (ぎん)(たま) [Silver Soul], volume 38 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN:
      しかし(にん)(げん)なんぞは()ってクソして()るそれ()(がい)(こと)はしょせん(すべ)ムダ(こと)なんだよ。(われ)(われ)はそのうちの(ひと)つのムダを(そう)(ぞう)する(もの)()ぎん
      Shikashi ningen nanzo wa kutte kuso shite neru sore igai no koto wa shosen subete muda na koto na n da yo. Wareware wa sono uchi no hitotsu no muda o sōzō suru mono ni sugin
      However, when it comes to humanity, anything other than eating, shitting and sleeping is pointless. Here we just produce one of such pointless things.
  2. wasteful

Inflection

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Noun

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()() or 無駄(ムダ) (muda

  1. uselessness; no good; being in vain; futility
    • 2011 February 9, Hideaki Sorachi, “(だい)(さん)(びゃく)(さん)(じゅう)(いち)(くん) ()(ごと)(けん)(がく)大人(おとな)にとっても(まな)(こと)(おお)() [Lesson 331: Field Trips Are Often Learning Experiences Even for Adults]”, in (ぎん)(たま) [Silver Soul], volume 38 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN:
      しかし(にん)(げん)なんぞは()ってクソして()るそれ()(がい)(こと)はしょせん(すべ)てムダな(こと)なんだよ。(われ)(われ)はそのうちの(ひと)つのムダ(そう)(ぞう)する(もの)()ぎん
      Shikashi ningen nanzo wa kutte kuso shite neru sore igai no koto wa shosen subete muda na koto na n da yo. Wareware wa sono uchi no hitotsu no muda o sōzō suru mono ni sugin
      However, when it comes to humanity, anything other than eating, shitting and sleeping is pointless. Here we just produce one of such pointless things.
  2. waste
    (かね)無駄(むだ)
    okane no muda
    waste of money
    (せい)(しゅん)無駄(むだ)にする
    seishun o muda ni suru
    to fritter away one's youth

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • English: muda

References

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  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN