Kanji details for 駄
駄
Common kanji
burdensome, pack horse, horse load, send by horse, trivial, worthless
ON:
- ダda
- タta
Example words(showing 1-10 of 99 results)
noun, na-adjective
•
futility, waste, uselessness, pointlessness, idleness
Other readings:
徒【むだ】
、ムダ
Notes:
- ateji (phonetic) reading
na-adjective, noun
1.
no good, not serving its purpose, useless, broken(usually kana)
2.
hopeless, wasted, in vain, purposeless(usually kana)
3.
cannot, must not, not allowed(usually kana)
noun
4.
neutral point (in go), intersection owned by neither player at the end of a game
Other readings:
ダメ
noun
1.
geta, Japanese wooden clogs
2.
turn (in set-type proofing), upside-down character(later printed as 〓, resembling the teeth of a geta)
See also:伏せ字 (ふせじ)
noun, auxillary suru verb
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waste (of money, time, etc.), squandering, frittering away
Other readings:
無駄使い【むだづかい】[1]
、無駄づかい【むだづかい】
、むだ遣い【むだづかい】
、むだ使い【むだづかい】[1]
、徒遣い【むだづかい】
Notes:
- word containing irregular kanji usage
noun
•
crestfish (Lophotus capellei), unicornfish(usually kana)
Other readings:
アカナマダ
noun
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Azuma geta, type of geta for women with a tatami mat insole
See also:下駄 (げた)
Other readings:
東下駄【あずまげた】
expression
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would be a waste of words, would be a waste of breath, there's no point in saying