"勿体無い" meaning in Japanese

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          "勿",
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      "form": "勿体無かろ",
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      "form": "もったいなかろ",
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      "form": "mottainai",
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      "form": "もったいない",
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      "form": "勿体無けれ",
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      "form": "勿体無かれ",
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      "form": "もったいなかれ",
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      "form": "mottainakare",
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      "form": "勿体無くない",
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      "form": "勿体無かった",
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      "form": "mottainaku nakatta",
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      "form": "勿体無いです",
      "source": "inflection",
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      "form": "もったいないです",
      "source": "inflection",
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      "form": "mottainai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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      "form": "勿体無くないです",
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      "form": "もったいなくないです",
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      "form": "もったいなくなかったです",
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      "form": "勿体無ければ",
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      "form": "もったいなければ",
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      "form": "mottainakereba",
      "source": "inflection",
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      "form": "勿体無かったら",
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      "form": "勿体無かろう",
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      "form": "もったいなかろう",
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          "word": "不届き"
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          "word": "もってのほか"
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          "english": "He is too good for me.",
          "roman": "Kare wa watashi ni wa mottainai.",
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          "english": "Throwing out food without eating it is a waste.",
          "roman": "Gohan o tabenaide suteru no wa mottainai desu yo.",
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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",
      "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",
      "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",
        "provisional": "かったら",
        "terminal": "い",
        "volitional": "かろう"
      },
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    }
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  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
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      "glosses": [
        "not as expected and consequently regrettable, unreasonable, improper"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "regrettable",
          "regrettable"
        ],
        [
          "unreasonable",
          "unreasonable"
        ],
        [
          "improper",
          "improper"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "english": "outrageous, unreasonable",
          "word": "不届き"
        },
        {
          "english": "absurd, out of the question, entirely outside expectation",
          "word": "もってのほか"
        }
      ]
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            ]
          ],
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            ]
          ],
          "english": "He is too good for me.",
          "roman": "Kare wa watashi ni wa mottainai.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "彼",
              "かれ"
            ],
            [
              "私",
              "わたし"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "彼は私にはもったいない。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "humbling, welcome but overwhelming, too much, too good for one"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "humbling",
          "humbling"
        ],
        [
          "welcome",
          "welcome"
        ],
        [
          "overwhelming",
          "overwhelming"
        ],
        [
          "too much",
          "too much"
        ]
      ],
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        "(in a positive sense) humbling, welcome but overwhelming, too much, too good for one"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "in a positive sense"
      ]
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          ],
          "english": "Throwing out food without eating it is a waste.",
          "roman": "Gohan o tabenaide suteru no wa mottainai desu yo.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "飯",
              "はん"
            ],
            [
              "食",
              "た"
            ],
            [
              "捨",
              "す"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "ご飯を食べないで捨てるのはもったいないですよ。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "wasteful, regrettable, such as something useful just sitting there, or the disposal of something still usable"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "wasteful",
          "wasteful"
        ],
        [
          "regrettable",
          "regrettable"
        ]
      ],
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        "(in a negative sense) wasteful, regrettable, such as something useful just sitting there, or the disposal of something still usable"
      ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "other": "もったいない"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[mo̞t̚ta̠ina̠i]"
    }
  ],
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    "Daijisen#Online_search_engines",
    "Mottainai",
    "Nihon Kokugo Daijiten"
  ],
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}

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        "t2": "not, doesn't have",
        "tr1": "mottai",
        "tr2": "nai"
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  ],
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    {
      "form": "勿体無い",
      "ruby": [
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          "勿",
          "もっ"
        ],
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          "体",
          "たい"
        ],
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          "無",
          "な"
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      "form": "mottainai",
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        "2": "もったいない"
      },
      "expansion": "勿(もっ)体(たい)無(な)い • (mottainai)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
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        "what a waste, what a shame"
      ],
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        [
          "waste",
          "waste"
        ],
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          "shame",
          "shame"
        ]
      ]
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    {
      "other": "もったいない"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[mo̞t̚ta̠ina̠i]"
    }
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  ],
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