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{
"args": {
"1": "勿%体",
"2": "もっ%たい",
"3": "無い",
"4": "ない"
},
"expansion": "勿(もっ)体(たい) (mottai) + 無(な)い (nai)",
"name": "ja-compound"
}
],
"etymology_text": "勿(もっ)体(たい) (mottai) + 無(な)い (nai)",
"forms": [
{
"form": "勿体無い",
"ruby": [
[
"勿",
"もっ"
],
[
"体",
"たい"
],
[
"無",
"な"
]
],
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "mottainai",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
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"roman": "mottainaku",
"ruby": [
[
"勿",
"もっ"
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[
"体",
"たい"
],
[
"無",
"な"
]
],
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"adverbial"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "inflection",
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"table-tags"
]
},
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},
{
"form": "勿体無かろ",
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"imperfective",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "もったいなかろ",
"source": "inflection",
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"imperfective",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "mottainakaro",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
]
},
{
"form": "勿体無く",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"continuative",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "もったいなく",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"continuative",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "mottainaku",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"continuative"
]
},
{
"form": "勿体無い",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"stem",
"terminative"
]
},
{
"form": "もったいない",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"stem",
"terminative"
]
},
{
"form": "mottainai",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"terminative"
]
},
{
"form": "勿体無い",
"source": "inflection",
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"attributive",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "もったいない",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"attributive",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "mottainai",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"attributive"
]
},
{
"form": "勿体無けれ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"hypothetical",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "もったいなけれ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"hypothetical",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "mottainakere",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"hypothetical"
]
},
{
"form": "勿体無かれ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "もったいなかれ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "mottainakare",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperative"
]
},
{
"form": "勿体無くない",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "もったいなくない",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "mottainaku nai",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "勿体無かった",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "もったいなかった",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "mottainakatta",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "勿体無くなかった",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "もったいなくなかった",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "mottainaku nakatta",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "勿体無いです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal"
]
},
{
"form": "もったいないです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal"
]
},
{
"form": "mottainai desu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal"
]
},
{
"form": "勿体無くないです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "もったいなくないです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "mottainaku nai desu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "勿体無かったです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "もったいなかったです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "mottainakatta desu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "勿体無くなかったです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "もったいなくなかったです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "mottainaku nakatta desu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "勿体無くて",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "もったいなくて",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "mottainakute",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "勿体無ければ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional"
]
},
{
"form": "もったいなければ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional"
]
},
{
"form": "mottainakereba",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional"
]
},
{
"form": "勿体無かったら",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "もったいなかったら",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "mottainakattara",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "勿体無かろう",
"source": "inflection",
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"volitional"
]
},
{
"form": "もったいなかろう",
"source": "inflection",
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"volitional"
]
},
{
"form": "mottainakarō",
"source": "inflection",
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"volitional"
]
},
{
"form": "勿体無く",
"source": "inflection",
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"adverbial"
]
},
{
"form": "もったいなく",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"adverbial"
]
},
{
"form": "mottainaku",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"adverbial"
]
},
{
"form": "勿体無さ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"noun-from-adj"
]
},
{
"form": "もったいなさ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"noun-from-adj"
]
},
{
"form": "mottainasa",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"noun-from-adj"
]
}
],
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"1": "もったいない",
"infl": "i"
},
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"formal_negative_past": "く なかった です",
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"english": "time is precious",
"roman": "jikan ga mottainai",
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"時間",
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]
],
"text": "時間がもったいない"
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"other": "もったいない"
},
{
"ipa": "[mo̞t̚ta̠ina̠i]"
}
],
"word": "勿体無い"
}
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"1": "勿%体",
"2": "もっ%たい",
"3": "無い",
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"勿",
"もっ"
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{
"form": "勿体無かろ",
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},
{
"form": "もったいなかろ",
"source": "inflection",
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},
{
"form": "mottainakaro",
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"imperfective"
]
},
{
"form": "勿体無く",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"continuative",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "もったいなく",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"continuative",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "mottainaku",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"continuative"
]
},
{
"form": "勿体無い",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"stem",
"terminative"
]
},
{
"form": "もったいない",
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"tags": [
"stem",
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]
},
{
"form": "mottainai",
"source": "inflection",
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]
},
{
"form": "勿体無い",
"source": "inflection",
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"stem"
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},
{
"form": "もったいない",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"attributive",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "mottainai",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"attributive"
]
},
{
"form": "勿体無けれ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"hypothetical",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "もったいなけれ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"hypothetical",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "mottainakere",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"hypothetical"
]
},
{
"form": "勿体無かれ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "もったいなかれ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "mottainakare",
"source": "inflection",
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"imperative"
]
},
{
"form": "勿体無くない",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "もったいなくない",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "mottainaku nai",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "勿体無かった",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "もったいなかった",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "mottainakatta",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "勿体無くなかった",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "もったいなくなかった",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "mottainaku nakatta",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "勿体無いです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal"
]
},
{
"form": "もったいないです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal"
]
},
{
"form": "mottainai desu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal"
]
},
{
"form": "勿体無くないです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "もったいなくないです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "mottainaku nai desu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "勿体無かったです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "もったいなかったです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "mottainakatta desu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "勿体無くなかったです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "もったいなくなかったです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "mottainaku nakatta desu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "勿体無くて",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "もったいなくて",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "mottainakute",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "勿体無ければ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional"
]
},
{
"form": "もったいなければ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional"
]
},
{
"form": "mottainakereba",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional"
]
},
{
"form": "勿体無かったら",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "もったいなかったら",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "mottainakattara",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "勿体無かろう",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"volitional"
]
},
{
"form": "もったいなかろう",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"volitional"
]
},
{
"form": "mottainakarō",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"volitional"
]
},
{
"form": "勿体無く",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"adverbial"
]
},
{
"form": "もったいなく",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"adverbial"
]
},
{
"form": "mottainaku",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"adverbial"
]
},
{
"form": "勿体無さ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"noun-from-adj"
]
},
{
"form": "もったいなさ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"noun-from-adj"
]
},
{
"form": "mottainasa",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"noun-from-adj"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "もったいない",
"infl": "i"
},
"expansion": "勿(もっ)体(たい)無(な)い • (mottainai) -i (adverbial 勿(もっ)体(たい)無(な)く (mottainaku))",
"name": "ja-adj"
}
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"adverbial": "く",
"attributive": "い",
"conditional": "ければ",
"conjunctive": "くて",
"continuative": "く",
"degree": "さ",
"formal": "い です",
"formal_negative": "く ない です",
"formal_negative_past": "く なかった です",
"formal_past": "かった です",
"hypothetical": "けれ",
"imperative": "かれ",
"imperfective": "かろ",
"informal_negative": "く ない",
"informal_negative_past": "く なかった",
"informal_past": "かった",
"kana": "もったいな",
"lemma": "勿体無",
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"Japanese compound terms",
"Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
"Japanese lemmas",
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"Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
"Japanese terms spelled with fourth grade kanji",
"Japanese terms spelled with jinmeiyō kanji",
"Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji",
"Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
"Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
"Japanese terms with usage examples",
"Japanese terms written with three Han script characters",
"Japanese い-i adjectives"
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{
"english": "time is precious",
"roman": "jikan ga mottainai",
"ruby": [
[
"時間",
"じかん"
]
],
"text": "時間がもったいない"
}
],
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],
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],
[
"wasteful",
"wasteful"
],
[
"sacrilegious",
"sacrilegious"
]
],
"wikipedia": [
"Mottainai"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
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},
{
"ipa": "[mo̞t̚ta̠ina̠i]"
}
],
"word": "勿体無い"
}
{
"called_from": "parser/1336",
"msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
"path": [
"勿体無い"
],
"section": "Japanese",
"subsection": "adjective",
"title": "勿体無い",
"trace": ""
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-31 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (91e95e7 and db5a844). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
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