Kanji

駄

駄

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

Kanji

Grade

Grade 8

Strokes

14 strokes

Radical

馬部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

ダ, タ

Common Readings

ダ

Example sentences

駄目 だめ
諦めたらそこで試合終了だよ。駄目だなんて言わないで。

If you give up, the game is over right then and there. Please don't say it's no good.

無駄 むだ
努力が無駄になった。

The effort was wasted.

エネルギー エネルギー
若いエネルギーを無駄にしてはいけない。

You shouldn't waste youthful energy.

無駄にする むだにする
せっかくのチャンスを無駄にしたくない。

I don't want to waste this hard-earned chance.

無駄になる むだになる
せっかく準備した計画が、雨のせいで全て無駄になった。

The plan I had worked hard to prepare all went to waste because of the rain.

時間の無駄 じかんのむだ
彼と議論するのは、全くの時間の無駄だ。

Arguing with him is just a waste of time.

無駄遣い むだづかい
彼女は無駄遣いをしないように、常に予算を立てている。

She always makes a budget so as not to waste money.

始末 しまつ
彼は無駄遣いをしたあげく、この始末だ

After all his extravagance, this is the state he's in.

下駄箱 げたばこ
学校に着くと、自分の名前が書いてある下駄箱に靴を入れた。

When I arrived at school, I put my shoes in the shoe locker with my name on it.

Example Vocabulary

駄目

だめ

no good; useless; forbidden; impossible

無駄

むだ

waste; uselessness; futility; in vain

無駄にする

むだにする

to waste; to make useless

無駄になる

むだになる

to go to waste; to be in vain; to come to nothing

時間の無駄

じかんのむだ

waste of time

無駄遣い

むだづかい

wasteful spending; squandering (money)

駄々をこねる

だだをこねる

下駄箱

げたばこ

shoe cupboard; shoe rack; shoe locker

駄目になる

だめになる

無駄話

むだばなし

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