無駄

Japanese

Kanji in this term
無 駄
む
Grade: 4
(ateji)
だ
Grade: S
(ateji)
goon
Alternative spelling
徒

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Adjective

無(む)駄(だ) or 無駄(ムダ) • (muda) -na (adnominal 無(む)駄(だ)な (muda na), adverbial 無(む)駄(だ)に (muda ni))

  1. useless, pointless; meaningless
    無駄(むだ)だ。
    Muda da.
    It's pointless.
    • 2011 February 9, Hideaki Sorachi, “第(だい)三(さん)百(びゃく)三(さん)十(じゅう)一(いち)訓(くん) 社(し)会(ごと)見(けん)学(がく)は大人(おとな)にとっても学(まな)ぶ事(こと)の多(おお)い場(ば) [Lesson 331: Field Trips Are Often Learning Experiences Even for Adults]”, in 銀(ぎん)魂(たま) (銀(ぎん)魂(たま)) [Silver Soul], volume 38 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN:
      しかし人(にん)間(げん)なんぞは食(く)ってクソして寝(ね)るそれ以(い)外(がい)の事(こと)はしょせん全(すべ)てムダな事(こと)なんだよ。我(われ)々(われ)はそのうちの一(ひと)つのムダを創(そう)造(ぞう)する者(もの)に過(す)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

Noun

無(む)駄(だ) or 無駄(ムダ) • (muda) 

  1. uselessness; no good; being in vain; futility
    • 2011 February 9, Hideaki Sorachi, “第(だい)三(さん)百(びゃく)三(さん)十(じゅう)一(いち)訓(くん) 社(し)会(ごと)見(けん)学(がく)は大人(おとな)にとっても学(まな)ぶ事(こと)の多(おお)い場(ば) [Lesson 331: Field Trips Are Often Learning Experiences Even for Adults]”, in 銀(ぎん)魂(たま) (銀(ぎん)魂(たま)) [Silver Soul], volume 38 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN:
      しかし人(にん)間(げん)なんぞは食(く)ってクソして寝(ね)るそれ以(い)外(がい)の事(こと)はしょせん全(すべ)てムダな事(こと)なんだよ。我(われ)々(われ)はそのうちの一(ひと)つのムダを創(そう)造(ぞう)する者(もの)に過(す)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
    お金(かね)の無駄(むだ)
    okane no muda
    waste of money
    青(せい)春(しゅん)を無駄(むだ)にする
    seishun o muda ni suru
    to fritter away one's youth

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → English: muda

References

  • 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, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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