"無用" meaning in Japanese

See 無用 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: [mɯ̟jo̞ː]
Etymology: 無(む) (mu-, “non-”) + 用(よう) (yō, “use”). Etymology templates: {{ja-compound|無|む-|用|よう|sort=むよう|t1=non-|t2=use}} 無(む) (mu-, “non-”) + 用(よう) (yō, “use”) Head templates: {{ja-adj|むよう|infl=na}} 無(む)用(よう) • (muyō) -na (adnominal 無(む)用(よう)な (muyō na), adverbial 無(む)用(よう)に (muyō ni)) Inflection templates: {{ja-adj-infl|adverbial=. に|attributive=. な|conditional=. なら(ば)|conjunctive=. で|continuative=. で|degree=さ|formal=. です|formal_negative=. で は ありません|formal_negative2=. じゃ ありません|formal_negative_past=. で は ありません でした|formal_negative_past2=. じゃ ありません でした|formal_past=. でした|hypothetical=. なら|imperative=. で あれ|imperfective=. だろ|informal_negative=. で は ない|informal_negative2=. じゃ ない|informal_negative_past=. で は なかった|informal_negative_past2=. じゃ なかった|informal_past=. だった|kana=むよう|lemma=無用|provisional=. だったら|terminal=. だ|volitional=. だろう}}, {{ja-conj-bungo|むよう|adj-nar}} Forms: 無用 [canonical] (ruby: (), (よう)), muyō [romanization], 無用な [adnominal] (ruby: (), (よう)), 無用に [adverbial] (ruby: (), (よう)), no-table-tags [table-tags], 無用だろ [imperfective, stem], むようだろ [imperfective, stem], muyō daro [imperfective, stem], 無用で [continuative, stem], むようで [continuative, stem], muyō de [continuative, stem], 無用だ [stem, terminative], むようだ [stem, terminative], muyō da [stem, terminative], 無用な [attributive, stem], むような [attributive, stem], muyō na [attributive, stem], 無用なら [hypothetical, stem], むようなら [hypothetical, stem], muyō nara [hypothetical, stem], 無用であれ [imperative, stem], むようであれ [imperative, stem], muyō de are [imperative, stem], 無用ではない [informal, negative], 無用じゃない [informal, negative], むようではない [informal, negative], むようじゃない [informal, negative], muyō de wa nai [informal, negative], muyō ja nai [informal, negative], 無用だった [informal, past], むようだった [informal, past], muyō datta [informal, past], 無用ではなかった [informal, negative, past], 無用じゃなかった [informal, negative, past], むようではなかった [informal, negative, past], むようじゃなかった [informal, negative, past], muyō de wa nakatta [informal, negative, past], muyō ja nakatta [informal, negative, past], 無用です [formal], むようです [formal], muyō desu [formal], 無用ではありません [formal, negative], 無用じゃありません [formal, negative], むようではありません [formal, negative], むようじゃありません [formal, negative], muyō de wa arimasen [formal, negative], muyō ja arimasen [formal, negative], 無用でした [formal, past], むようでした [formal, past], muyō deshita [formal, past], 無用ではありませんでした [formal, negative, past], 無用じゃありませんでした [formal, negative, past], むようではありませんでした [formal, negative, past], むようじゃありませんでした [formal, negative, past], muyō de wa arimasen deshita [formal, negative, past], muyō ja arimasen deshita [formal, negative, past], 無用で [conjunctive], むようで [conjunctive], muyō de [conjunctive], 無用なら(ば) [conditional], むようなら(ば) [conditional], muyō nara (ba) [conditional], 無用だったら [conditional, past], むようだったら [conditional, past], muyō dattara [conditional, past], 無用だろう [volitional], むようだろう [volitional], muyō darō [volitional], 無用に [adverbial], むように [adverbial], muyō ni [adverbial], 無用さ [noun-from-adj], むようさ [noun-from-adj], muyōsa [noun-from-adj], no-table-tags [table-tags], 無用なら [irrealis, stem], むようなら [irrealis, stem], muyounara [irrealis, stem], 無用に [continuative, stem], 無用なり [continuative, stem], むように [continuative, stem], むようなり [continuative, stem], muyouni [continuative, stem], muyounari [continuative, stem], 無用なり [stem, terminative], むようなり [stem, terminative], muyounari [stem, terminative], 無用なる [attributive, stem], むようなる [attributive, stem], muyounaru [attributive, stem], 無用なれ [realis, stem], むようなれ [realis, stem], muyounare [realis, stem], 無用なれ [imperative, stem], むようなれ [imperative, stem], muyounare [imperative, stem], 無用ならず [negative], むようならず [negative], muyounarazu [negative], 無用なれど [contrastive], むようなれど [contrastive], muyounaredo [contrastive], 無用なれば [causative], むようなれば [causative], muyounareba [causative], 無用ならば [conditional], むようならば [conditional], muyounaraba [conditional], 無用なりき [past], むようなりき [past], muyounariki [past], 無用なりけり [past], むようなりけり [past], muyounarikeri [past], 無用に [adverbial], むように [adverbial], muyouni [adverbial]
  1. useless
    Sense id: en-無用-ja-adj-FqQdnOEU
  2. unnecessary; needless
    Sense id: en-無用-ja-adj-nUrvShXk Categories (other): Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 1 42 7 17 18 16 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 1 37 6 19 20 17 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 1 35 7 19 20 17 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 1 35 6 20 21 18
  3. forbidden, no (...ing)
    Sense id: en-無用-ja-adj-uy-WSkQb

Noun

IPA: [mɯ̟jo̞ː] Forms: 無用 [canonical] (ruby: (), (よう)), muyō [romanization]
Etymology: 無(む) (mu-, “non-”) + 用(よう) (yō, “use”). Etymology templates: {{ja-compound|無|む-|用|よう|sort=むよう|t1=non-|t2=use}} 無(む) (mu-, “non-”) + 用(よう) (yō, “use”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|むよう}} 無(む)用(よう) • (muyō)
  1. uselessness
    Sense id: en-無用-ja-noun-JARkInJn Categories (other): Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese terms with Atamadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō), Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō) Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 14 0 3 0 0 8 26 26 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 0 1 0 0 8 29 29 24 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 1 1 9 31 31 27 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Atamadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō): 0 0 4 50 28 18 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō): 0 0 4 50 28 18
  2. needlessness
    Sense id: en-無用-ja-noun-Xy2KkdA3 Categories (other): Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Japanese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 14 0 3 0 0 8 26 26 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 0 1 0 0 8 29 29 24 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 1 1 9 31 31 27
  3. forbiddenness; being forbidden
    Sense id: en-無用-ja-noun-M3eacoem Categories (other): Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese terms prefixed with 無 read as む, Japanese terms read with on'yomi, Japanese terms with 2 kanji Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 14 0 3 0 0 8 26 26 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 0 1 0 0 8 29 29 24 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 1 1 9 31 31 27 Disambiguation of Japanese terms prefixed with 無 read as む: 4 4 22 20 20 31 Disambiguation of Japanese terms read with on'yomi: 0 0 21 23 23 33 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 0 0 21 23 23 33
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 問答無用 (mondōmuyō) (ruby: 問答無用(もんどうむよう))
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "english": "useful",
      "roman": "yūyō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "有用",
          "ゆうよう"
        ]
      ],
      "translation": "useful",
      "word": "有用"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "無",
        "2": "む-",
        "3": "用",
        "4": "よう",
        "sort": "むよう",
        "t1": "non-",
        "t2": "use"
      },
      "expansion": "無(む) (mu-, “non-”) + 用(よう) (yō, “use”)",
      "name": "ja-compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "無(む) (mu-, “non-”) + 用(よう) (yō, “use”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "無用",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "無",
          "む"
        ],
        [
          "用",
          "よう"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muyō",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無用な",
      "roman": "muyō na",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "無",
          "む"
        ],
        [
          "用",
          "よう"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adnominal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無用に",
      "roman": "muyō ni",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "無",
          "む"
        ],
        [
          "用",
          "よう"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-na",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無用だろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むようだろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muyō daro",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無用で",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むようで",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muyō de",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無用だ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むようだ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muyō da",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無用な",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むような",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muyō na",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無用なら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むようなら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muyō nara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無用であれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むようであれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muyō de are",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無用ではない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無用じゃない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むようではない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むようじゃない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muyō de wa nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muyō ja nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無用だった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むようだった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muyō datta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無用ではなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無用じゃなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むようではなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むようじゃなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muyō de wa nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muyō ja nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無用です",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むようです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muyō desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無用ではありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無用じゃありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むようではありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むようじゃありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muyō de wa arimasen",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muyō ja arimasen",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無用でした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むようでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muyō deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無用ではありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無用じゃありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むようではありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むようじゃありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muyō de wa arimasen deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muyō ja arimasen deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無用で",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むようで",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muyō de",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無用なら(ば)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むようなら(ば)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muyō nara (ba)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無用だったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むようだったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muyō dattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無用だろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むようだろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muyō darō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無用に",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むように",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muyō ni",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無用さ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むようさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muyōsa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-conj-bungo",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無用なら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むようなら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muyounara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無用に",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無用なり",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むように",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むようなり",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muyouni",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muyounari",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無用なり",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むようなり",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muyounari",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無用なる",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むようなる",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muyounaru",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無用なれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "realis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むようなれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "realis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muyounare",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "realis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無用なれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むようなれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muyounare",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無用ならず",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むようならず",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muyounarazu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無用なれど",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むようなれど",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muyounaredo",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無用なれば",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むようなれば",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muyounareba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無用ならば",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むようならば",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muyounaraba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無用なりき",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むようなりき",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muyounariki",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無用なりけり",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むようなりけり",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muyounarikeri",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無用に",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むように",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muyouni",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "むよう",
        "infl": "na"
      },
      "expansion": "無(む)用(よう) • (muyō) -na (adnominal 無(む)用(よう)な (muyō na), adverbial 無(む)用(よう)に (muyō ni))",
      "name": "ja-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "adverbial": ". に",
        "attributive": ". な",
        "conditional": ". なら(ば)",
        "conjunctive": ". で",
        "continuative": ". で",
        "degree": "さ",
        "formal": ". です",
        "formal_negative": ". で は ありません",
        "formal_negative2": ". じゃ ありません",
        "formal_negative_past": ". で は ありません でした",
        "formal_negative_past2": ". じゃ ありません でした",
        "formal_past": ". でした",
        "hypothetical": ". なら",
        "imperative": ". で あれ",
        "imperfective": ". だろ",
        "informal_negative": ". で は ない",
        "informal_negative2": ". じゃ ない",
        "informal_negative_past": ". で は なかった",
        "informal_negative_past2": ". じゃ なかった",
        "informal_past": ". だった",
        "kana": "むよう",
        "lemma": "無用",
        "provisional": ". だったら",
        "terminal": ". だ",
        "volitional": ". だろう"
      },
      "name": "ja-adj-infl"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "むよう",
        "2": "adj-nar"
      },
      "name": "ja-conj-bungo"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "useless"
      ],
      "id": "en-無用-ja-adj-FqQdnOEU",
      "links": [
        [
          "useless",
          "useless"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "1 42 7 17 18 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 37 6 19 20 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 35 7 19 20 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 35 6 20 21 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "unnecessary; needless"
      ],
      "id": "en-無用-ja-adj-nUrvShXk",
      "links": [
        [
          "unnecessary",
          "unnecessary"
        ],
        [
          "needless",
          "needless"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "forbidden, no (...ing)"
      ],
      "id": "en-無用-ja-adj-uy-WSkQb",
      "links": [
        [
          "forbidden",
          "forbidden"
        ],
        [
          "no",
          "no"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "むよー"
    },
    {
      "other": "むよー"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[mɯ̟jo̞ː]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "無用"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "mondōmuyō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "問答無用",
          "もんどうむよう"
        ]
      ],
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "無",
        "2": "む-",
        "3": "用",
        "4": "よう",
        "sort": "むよう",
        "t1": "non-",
        "t2": "use"
      },
      "expansion": "無(む) (mu-, “non-”) + 用(よう) (yō, “use”)",
      "name": "ja-compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "無(む) (mu-, “non-”) + 用(よう) (yō, “use”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "無用",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "無",
          "む"
        ],
        [
          "用",
          "よう"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muyō",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "むよう"
      },
      "expansion": "無(む)用(よう) • (muyō)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "14 0 3 0 0 8 26 26 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 4 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 0 1 0 0 8 29 29 24",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 1 9 31 31 27",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 0 4 50 28 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with Atamadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 0 4 50 28 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "uselessness"
      ],
      "id": "en-無用-ja-noun-JARkInJn",
      "links": [
        [
          "uselessness",
          "uselessness"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "14 0 3 0 0 8 26 26 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 4 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 0 1 0 0 8 29 29 24",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 1 9 31 31 27",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "needlessness"
      ],
      "id": "en-無用-ja-noun-Xy2KkdA3",
      "links": [
        [
          "needlessness",
          "needlessness"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "14 0 3 0 0 8 26 26 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 4 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 0 1 0 0 8 29 29 24",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 1 9 31 31 27",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 4 22 20 20 31",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms prefixed with 無 read as む",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 0 21 23 23 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms read with on'yomi",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 0 21 23 23 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "forbiddenness; being forbidden"
      ],
      "id": "en-無用-ja-noun-M3eacoem",
      "links": [
        [
          "forbiddenness",
          "forbiddenness"
        ],
        [
          "forbidden",
          "forbidden"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "むよー"
    },
    {
      "other": "むよー"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[mɯ̟jo̞ː]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "無用"
}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "english": "useful",
      "roman": "yūyō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "有用",
          "ゆうよう"
        ]
      ],
      "translation": "useful",
      "word": "有用"
    }
  ],
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    "Japanese adjectives",
    "Japanese compound terms",
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese nouns",
    "Japanese terms prefixed with 無 read as む",
    "Japanese terms read with on'yomi",
    "Japanese terms spelled with fourth grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with 無 read as む",
    "Japanese terms spelled with 用 read as よう",
    "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
    "Japanese terms with Atamadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō)",
    "Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō)",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation with pitch accent",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese な-na adjectives",
    "Pages with 4 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "無",
        "2": "む-",
        "3": "用",
        "4": "よう",
        "sort": "むよう",
        "t1": "non-",
        "t2": "use"
      },
      "expansion": "無(む) (mu-, “non-”) + 用(よう) (yō, “use”)",
      "name": "ja-compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "無(む) (mu-, “non-”) + 用(よう) (yō, “use”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "無用",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "無",
          "む"
        ],
        [
          "用",
          "よう"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muyō",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無用な",
      "roman": "muyō na",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "無",
          "む"
        ],
        [
          "用",
          "よう"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adnominal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無用に",
      "roman": "muyō ni",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "無",
          "む"
        ],
        [
          "用",
          "よう"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-na",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無用だろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むようだろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muyō daro",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無用で",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むようで",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muyō de",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無用だ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むようだ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muyō da",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無用な",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むような",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muyō na",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無用なら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むようなら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muyō nara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無用であれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むようであれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muyō de are",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無用ではない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無用じゃない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むようではない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むようじゃない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muyō de wa nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muyō ja nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無用だった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むようだった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muyō datta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無用ではなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無用じゃなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むようではなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むようじゃなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muyō de wa nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muyō ja nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無用です",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むようです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muyō desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無用ではありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無用じゃありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むようではありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むようじゃありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muyō de wa arimasen",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muyō ja arimasen",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無用でした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むようでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muyō deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無用ではありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無用じゃありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むようではありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むようじゃありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muyō de wa arimasen deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muyō ja arimasen deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無用で",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むようで",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muyō de",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無用なら(ば)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むようなら(ば)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muyō nara (ba)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無用だったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むようだったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muyō dattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無用だろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むようだろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muyō darō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無用に",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むように",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muyō ni",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無用さ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むようさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muyōsa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-conj-bungo",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無用なら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むようなら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muyounara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無用に",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無用なり",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むように",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むようなり",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muyouni",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muyounari",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無用なり",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むようなり",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muyounari",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無用なる",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むようなる",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muyounaru",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無用なれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "realis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むようなれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "realis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muyounare",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "realis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無用なれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むようなれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muyounare",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無用ならず",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むようならず",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muyounarazu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無用なれど",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むようなれど",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muyounaredo",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無用なれば",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むようなれば",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muyounareba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無用ならば",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むようならば",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muyounaraba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無用なりき",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むようなりき",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muyounariki",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無用なりけり",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むようなりけり",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muyounarikeri",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無用に",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むように",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muyouni",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "むよう",
        "infl": "na"
      },
      "expansion": "無(む)用(よう) • (muyō) -na (adnominal 無(む)用(よう)な (muyō na), adverbial 無(む)用(よう)に (muyō ni))",
      "name": "ja-adj"
    }
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    {
      "args": {
        "adverbial": ". に",
        "attributive": ". な",
        "conditional": ". なら(ば)",
        "conjunctive": ". で",
        "continuative": ". で",
        "degree": "さ",
        "formal": ". です",
        "formal_negative": ". で は ありません",
        "formal_negative2": ". じゃ ありません",
        "formal_negative_past": ". で は ありません でした",
        "formal_negative_past2": ". じゃ ありません でした",
        "formal_past": ". でした",
        "hypothetical": ". なら",
        "imperative": ". で あれ",
        "imperfective": ". だろ",
        "informal_negative": ". で は ない",
        "informal_negative2": ". じゃ ない",
        "informal_negative_past": ". で は なかった",
        "informal_negative_past2": ". じゃ なかった",
        "informal_past": ". だった",
        "kana": "むよう",
        "lemma": "無用",
        "provisional": ". だったら",
        "terminal": ". だ",
        "volitional": ". だろう"
      },
      "name": "ja-adj-infl"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "むよう",
        "2": "adj-nar"
      },
      "name": "ja-conj-bungo"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "useless"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "useless",
          "useless"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "unnecessary; needless"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "unnecessary",
          "unnecessary"
        ],
        [
          "needless",
          "needless"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "forbidden, no (...ing)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "forbidden",
          "forbidden"
        ],
        [
          "no",
          "no"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "むよー"
    },
    {
      "other": "むよー"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[mɯ̟jo̞ː]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "無用"
}

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      "roman": "mondōmuyō",
      "ruby": [
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          "問答無用",
          "もんどうむよう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "問答無用"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "無",
        "2": "む-",
        "3": "用",
        "4": "よう",
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      "name": "ja-compound"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "form": "無用",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "無",
          "む"
        ],
        [
          "用",
          "よう"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
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      "form": "muyō",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "むよう"
      },
      "expansion": "無(む)用(よう) • (muyō)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "uselessness"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "uselessness",
          "uselessness"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "needlessness"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "needlessness",
          "needlessness"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "forbiddenness; being forbidden"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "forbiddenness",
          "forbiddenness"
        ],
        [
          "forbidden",
          "forbidden"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "むよー"
    },
    {
      "other": "むよー"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[mɯ̟jo̞ː]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "無用"
}

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