Kanji

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

Example sentences

駄目 だめ
諦めたら そこ 試合 終了 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 無駄 なった

The effort was wasted.

エネルギー エネルギー
若い エネルギー 無駄 して いけない

You shouldn't waste youthful energy.

無駄にする むだにする
せっかく チャンス 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 せい 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
議論 する 全く 時間の無駄

Arguing with him is just a waste of time.

無駄遣い むだづかい
彼女 無駄遣い しない ように 常に 予算 立てている

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

始末 しまつ
無駄遣い した あげく この 始末

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

下駄箱 げたばこ
学校 着く 自分 名前 書いてある 下駄箱 入れた

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

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