"無用" meaning in Japanese

See 無用 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: 無 (“non-”) + 用 (“use”) Etymology templates: {{prefix|ja|無|用|sort=むよう|t1=non-|t2=use}} 無 (“non-”) + 用 (“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}} 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], 無用で [continuative, stem], むようで [continuative, stem], muyō de [continuative], 無用だ [stem, terminative], むようだ [stem, terminative], muyō da [terminative], 無用な [attributive, stem], むような [attributive, stem], muyō na [attributive], 無用なら [hypothetical, stem], むようなら [hypothetical, stem], muyō nara [hypothetical], 無用であれ [imperative, stem], むようであれ [imperative, stem], muyō de are [imperative], 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]
  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 wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 1 20 2 27 27 22 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 1 28 2 25 24 20 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 0 27 2 26 25 20
  3. forbidden, no (...ing)
    Sense id: en-無用-ja-adj-uy-WSkQb Categories (other): Japanese terms with 2 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 0 0 14 27 27 33

Noun

Forms: 無用 [canonical] (ruby: (), (よう)), muyō [romanization]
Etymology: 無 (“non-”) + 用 (“use”) Etymology templates: {{prefix|ja|無|用|sort=むよう|t1=non-|t2=use}} 無 (“non-”) + 用 (“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 entries, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 26 0 2 0 0 1 25 25 20 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 1 0 2 35 34 28 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 1 20 2 27 27 22 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 0 0 14 27 27 33 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 1 28 2 25 24 20 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 0 27 2 26 25 20
  2. needlessness
    Sense id: en-無用-ja-noun-Xy2KkdA3 Categories (other): Pages with entries, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 26 0 2 0 0 1 25 25 20 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 1 0 2 35 34 28 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 1 20 2 27 27 22 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 0 0 14 27 27 33 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 1 28 2 25 24 20 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 0 27 2 26 25 20
  3. forbiddenness; being forbidden
    Sense id: en-無用-ja-noun-M3eacoem Categories (other): Pages with entries, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms prefixed with 無, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 26 0 2 0 0 1 25 25 20 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 1 0 2 35 34 28 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 1 20 2 27 27 22 Disambiguation of Japanese terms prefixed with 無: 4 4 19 20 20 32 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 0 0 14 27 27 33 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 1 28 2 25 24 20 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 0 27 2 26 25 20
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"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "有用"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "無",
        "3": "用",
        "sort": "むよう",
        "t1": "non-",
        "t2": "use"
      },
      "expansion": "無 (“non-”) + 用 (“use”)",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "無 (“non-”) + 用 (“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"
      ]
    },
    {
      "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"
      ]
    },
    {
      "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": [
        "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"
      ]
    },
    {
      "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"
      ]
    },
    {
      "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"
      ]
    },
    {
      "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"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "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"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "useless"
      ],
      "id": "en-無用-ja-adj-FqQdnOEU",
      "links": [
        [
          "useless",
          "useless"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "1 20 2 27 27 22",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 28 2 25 24 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 27 2 26 25 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "unnecessary; needless"
      ],
      "id": "en-無用-ja-adj-nUrvShXk",
      "links": [
        [
          "unnecessary",
          "unnecessary"
        ],
        [
          "needless",
          "needless"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "0 0 14 27 27 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "forbidden, no (...ing)"
      ],
      "id": "en-無用-ja-adj-uy-WSkQb",
      "links": [
        [
          "forbidden",
          "forbidden"
        ],
        [
          "no",
          "no"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "無用"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "mondōmuyō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "問答無用",
          "もんどうむよう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "問答無用"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "無",
        "3": "用",
        "sort": "むよう",
        "t1": "non-",
        "t2": "use"
      },
      "expansion": "無 (“non-”) + 用 (“use”)",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "無 (“non-”) + 用 (“use”)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "無用",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "無",
          "む"
        ],
        [
          "用",
          "よう"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
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    },
    {
      "form": "muyō",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "むよう"
      },
      "expansion": "無(む)用(よう) • (muyō)",
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "_dis": "26 0 2 0 0 1 25 25 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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        {
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          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 0 14 27 27 33",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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        {
          "_dis": "1 28 2 25 24 20",
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            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 27 2 26 25 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "uselessness"
      ],
      "id": "en-無用-ja-noun-JARkInJn",
      "links": [
        [
          "uselessness",
          "uselessness"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
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        },
        {
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          ],
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        },
        {
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 0 14 27 27 33",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 28 2 25 24 20",
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          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 27 2 26 25 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "needlessness"
      ],
      "id": "en-無用-ja-noun-Xy2KkdA3",
      "links": [
        [
          "needlessness",
          "needlessness"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "26 0 2 0 0 1 25 25 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
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        },
        {
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          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms prefixed with 無",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 0 14 27 27 33",
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          "name": "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 28 2 25 24 20",
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          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
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            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
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          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
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            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        }
      ],
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      ],
      "id": "en-無用-ja-noun-M3eacoem",
      "links": [
        [
          "forbiddenness",
          "forbiddenness"
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        [
          "forbidden",
          "forbidden"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "english": "useful",
      "roman": "yūyō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "有用",
          "ゆうよう"
        ]
      ],
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    }
  ],
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    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese nouns",
    "Japanese terms prefixed with 無",
    "Japanese terms spelled with fourth grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
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    "Pages with 4 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "無",
        "3": "用",
        "sort": "むよう",
        "t1": "non-",
        "t2": "use"
      },
      "expansion": "無 (“non-”) + 用 (“use”)",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "無 (“non-”) + 用 (“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"
      ]
    },
    {
      "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"
      ]
    },
    {
      "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": [
        "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"
      ]
    },
    {
      "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"
      ]
    },
    {
      "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"
      ]
    },
    {
      "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"
      ]
    }
  ],
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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"
    }
  ],
  "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"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
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      "glosses": [
        "useless"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "useless",
          "useless"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "unnecessary; needless"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "unnecessary",
          "unnecessary"
        ],
        [
          "needless",
          "needless"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "forbidden, no (...ing)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "forbidden",
          "forbidden"
        ],
        [
          "no",
          "no"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "無用"
}

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    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese nouns",
    "Japanese terms prefixed with 無",
    "Japanese terms spelled with fourth grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese な-na adjectives",
    "Pages with 4 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "mondōmuyō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "問答無用",
          "もんどうむよう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "問答無用"
    }
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        "3": "用",
        "sort": "むよう",
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        "t2": "use"
      },
      "expansion": "無 (“non-”) + 用 (“use”)",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "form": "無用",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "無",
          "む"
        ],
        [
          "用",
          "よう"
        ]
      ],
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        "canonical"
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    {
      "form": "muyō",
      "tags": [
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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"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "無用"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 無用 meaning in Japanese (10.1kB)

{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "無用"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "無用",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "無用"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "無用",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-21 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (d8cb2f3 and 4e554ae). 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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