"無駄" meaning in Japanese

See 無駄 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: [mɯ̟da̠]
Head templates: {{ja-adj|むだ|ムダ|infl=な}} 無(む)駄(だ) or 無駄(ムダ) • (muda) -na (adnominal 無(む)駄(だ)な (muda na), adverbial 無(む)駄(だ)に (muda 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=むだ|lemma=無駄|provisional=. だったら|terminal=. だ|volitional=. だろう}} Forms: 無駄 [canonical] (ruby: (), ()), 無駄 [canonical] (ruby: 無駄(ムダ)), muda [romanization], 無駄な [adnominal] (ruby: (), ()), 無駄に [adverbial] (ruby: (), ()), no-table-tags [table-tags], 無駄だろ [imperfective, stem], むだだろ [imperfective, stem], muda daro [imperfective], 無駄で [continuative, stem], むだで [continuative, stem], muda de [continuative], 無駄だ [stem, terminative], むだだ [stem, terminative], muda da [terminative], 無駄な [attributive, stem], むだな [attributive, stem], muda na [attributive], 無駄なら [hypothetical, stem], むだなら [hypothetical, stem], muda nara [hypothetical], 無駄であれ [imperative, stem], むだであれ [imperative, stem], muda de are [imperative], 無駄ではない [informal, negative], 無駄じゃない [informal, negative], むだではない [informal, negative], むだじゃない [informal, negative], muda de wa nai [informal, negative], muda ja nai [informal, negative], 無駄だった [informal, past], むだだった [informal, past], muda datta [informal, past], 無駄ではなかった [informal, negative, past], 無駄じゃなかった [informal, negative, past], むだではなかった [informal, negative, past], むだじゃなかった [informal, negative, past], muda de wa nakatta [informal, negative, past], muda ja nakatta [informal, negative, past], 無駄です [formal], むだです [formal], muda desu [formal], 無駄ではありません [formal, negative], 無駄じゃありません [formal, negative], むだではありません [formal, negative], むだじゃありません [formal, negative], muda de wa arimasen [formal, negative], muda ja arimasen [formal, negative], 無駄でした [formal, past], むだでした [formal, past], muda deshita [formal, past], 無駄ではありませんでした [formal, negative, past], 無駄じゃありませんでした [formal, negative, past], むだではありませんでした [formal, negative, past], むだじゃありませんでした [formal, negative, past], muda de wa arimasen deshita [formal, negative, past], muda ja arimasen deshita [formal, negative, past], 無駄で [conjunctive], むだで [conjunctive], muda de [conjunctive], 無駄なら(ば) [conditional], むだなら(ば) [conditional], muda nara (ba) [conditional], 無駄だったら [conditional, past], むだだったら [conditional, past], muda dattara [conditional, past], 無駄だろう [volitional], むだだろう [volitional], muda darō [volitional], 無駄に [adverbial], むだに [adverbial], muda ni [adverbial], 無駄さ [noun-from-adj], むださ [noun-from-adj], mudasa [noun-from-adj]
  1. useless, pointless; meaningless
    Sense id: en-無駄-ja-adj-DS-pJYNR Categories (other): Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant script codes, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 46 10 43 2 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 43 16 40 1 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 33 30 36 1
  2. wasteful
    Sense id: en-無駄-ja-adj-xFwyNkaK Categories (other): Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 46 10 43 2 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 43 16 40 1 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 33 30 36 1

Noun

IPA: [mɯ̟da̠] Forms: 無駄 [canonical] (ruby: (), ()), 無駄 [canonical] (ruby: 無駄(ムダ)), muda [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|むだ|ムダ}} 無(む)駄(だ) or 無駄(ムダ) • (muda)
  1. uselessness; no good; being in vain; futility
    Sense id: en-無駄-ja-noun-DjzH8OHT Categories (other): Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant script codes, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 31 1 66 2 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 46 10 43 2 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 43 16 40 1 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 0 0 80 20 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 33 30 36 1 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 14 5 77 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 6 87 3
  2. waste
    Sense id: en-無駄-ja-noun-C7XpMp8Z
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 無駄足 (mudāshi) (ruby: 無駄(むだ), (あし)), 無駄金 (mudagane) (ruby: 無駄(むだ), (がね)), 無駄食い (mudagui) (ruby: 無駄(むだ), ()), 無駄口 (mudaguchi) (ruby: 無駄(むだ), (ぐち)), 無駄毛 (mudage) (ruby: 無駄(むだ), ()), 無駄言 (mudagoto) (ruby: 無駄(むだ), (ごと)), 無駄時間 (mudajikan) (ruby: 無駄(むだ), (), (かん)), 無駄遣い, 無駄使い (mudazukai), 無駄花 (mudabana) (ruby: 無駄(むだ), (ばな)), 無駄話 (mudabanashi) (ruby: 無駄(むだ), (ばなし)), 無駄吠え (mudaboe) (ruby: 無駄(むだ), ()), 無駄骨 (mudabone) (ruby: 無駄(むだ), (ぼね)), 無駄飯 (mudameshi) (ruby: 無駄(むだ), (めし))
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "無駄",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "無",
          "む"
        ],
        [
          "駄",
          "だ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無駄",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "無駄",
          "ムダ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muda",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無駄な",
      "roman": "muda na",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "無",
          "む"
        ],
        [
          "駄",
          "だ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adnominal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無駄に",
      "roman": "muda ni",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "無",
          "む"
        ],
        [
          "駄",
          "だ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-na",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無駄だろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むだだろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muda daro",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無駄で",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むだで",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muda de",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無駄だ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むだだ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muda da",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無駄な",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むだな",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muda na",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無駄なら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むだなら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muda nara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無駄であれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むだであれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muda de are",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無駄ではない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無駄じゃない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むだではない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むだじゃない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muda de wa nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muda ja nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無駄だった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むだだった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muda datta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無駄ではなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無駄じゃなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むだではなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むだじゃなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muda de wa nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muda ja nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無駄です",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むだです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muda desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無駄ではありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無駄じゃありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むだではありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むだじゃありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muda de wa arimasen",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muda ja arimasen",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無駄でした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むだでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muda deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無駄ではありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無駄じゃありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むだではありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むだじゃありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muda de wa arimasen deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muda ja arimasen deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無駄で",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むだで",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muda de",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無駄なら(ば)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むだなら(ば)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muda nara (ba)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無駄だったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むだだったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muda dattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無駄だろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むだだろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muda darō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無駄に",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むだに",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muda ni",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無駄さ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むださ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mudasa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "むだ",
        "2": "ムダ",
        "infl": "な"
      },
      "expansion": "無(む)駄(だ) or 無駄(ムダ) • (muda) -na (adnominal 無(む)駄(だ)な (muda na), adverbial 無(む)駄(だ)に (muda 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": "むだ",
        "lemma": "無駄",
        "provisional": ". だったら",
        "terminal": ". だ",
        "volitional": ". だろう"
      },
      "name": "ja-adj-infl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant script codes",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "46 10 43 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "43 16 40 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "33 30 36 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "It's pointless.",
          "roman": "Muda da.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "無駄",
              "むだ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "無駄だ。",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "However, when it comes to humanity, anything other than eating, shitting and sleeping is pointless. Here we just produce one of such pointless things.",
          "ref": "2011 February 9, Hideaki Sorachi, “第(だい)三(さん)百(びゃく)三(さん)十(じゅう)一(いち)訓(くん) 社(し)会(ごと)見(けん)学(がく)は大人(おとな)にとっても学(まな)ぶ事(こと)の多(おお)い場(ば) [Lesson 331: Field Trips Are Often Learning Experiences Even for Adults]”, in 銀(ぎん)魂(たま) [Silver Soul], volume 38 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN:",
          "roman": "Shikashi ningen nanzo wa kutte kuso shite neru sore igai no koto wa shosen subete muda na koto na n da yo. Wareware wa sono uchi no hitotsu no muda o sōzō suru mono ni sugin",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "人",
              "にん"
            ],
            [
              "間",
              "げん"
            ],
            [
              "食",
              "く"
            ],
            [
              "寝",
              "ね"
            ],
            [
              "以",
              "い"
            ],
            [
              "外",
              "がい"
            ],
            [
              "事",
              "こと"
            ],
            [
              "全",
              "すべ"
            ],
            [
              "事",
              "こと"
            ],
            [
              "我",
              "われ"
            ],
            [
              "々",
              "われ"
            ],
            [
              "一",
              "ひと"
            ],
            [
              "創",
              "そう"
            ],
            [
              "造",
              "ぞう"
            ],
            [
              "者",
              "もの"
            ],
            [
              "過",
              "す"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "しかし人間なんぞは食ってクソして寝るそれ以外の事はしょせん全てムダな事なんだよ。我々はそのうちの一つのムダを創造する者に過ぎん",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "useless, pointless; meaningless"
      ],
      "id": "en-無駄-ja-adj-DS-pJYNR",
      "links": [
        [
          "useless",
          "useless"
        ],
        [
          "pointless",
          "pointless"
        ],
        [
          "meaningless",
          "meaningless"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "46 10 43 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "43 16 40 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "33 30 36 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "wasteful"
      ],
      "id": "en-無駄-ja-adj-xFwyNkaK",
      "links": [
        [
          "wasteful",
          "wasteful"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "むだ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[mɯ̟da̠]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "無駄"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "mudāshi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "無駄",
          "むだ"
        ],
        [
          "足",
          "あし"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "無駄足"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "mudagane",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "無駄",
          "むだ"
        ],
        [
          "金",
          "がね"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "無駄金"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "mudagui",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "無駄",
          "むだ"
        ],
        [
          "食",
          "ぐ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "無駄食い"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "mudaguchi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "無駄",
          "むだ"
        ],
        [
          "口",
          "ぐち"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "無駄口"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "mudage",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "無駄",
          "むだ"
        ],
        [
          "毛",
          "げ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "無駄毛"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "mudagoto",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "無駄",
          "むだ"
        ],
        [
          "言",
          "ごと"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "無駄言"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "mudajikan",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "無駄",
          "むだ"
        ],
        [
          "時",
          "じ"
        ],
        [
          "間",
          "かん"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "無駄時間"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "無駄遣い"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "mudazukai",
      "word": "無駄使い"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "mudabana",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "無駄",
          "むだ"
        ],
        [
          "花",
          "ばな"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "無駄花"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "mudabanashi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "無駄",
          "むだ"
        ],
        [
          "話",
          "ばなし"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "無駄話"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "mudaboe",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "無駄",
          "むだ"
        ],
        [
          "吠",
          "ぼ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "無駄吠え"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "mudabone",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "無駄",
          "むだ"
        ],
        [
          "骨",
          "ぼね"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "無駄骨"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "mudameshi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "無駄",
          "むだ"
        ],
        [
          "飯",
          "めし"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "無駄飯"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "muda",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: muda",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: muda"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "無駄",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "無",
          "む"
        ],
        [
          "駄",
          "だ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無駄",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "無駄",
          "ムダ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muda",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "むだ",
        "2": "ムダ"
      },
      "expansion": "無(む)駄(だ) or 無駄(ムダ) • (muda)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant script codes",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "31 1 66 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "46 10 43 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "43 16 40 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 0 80 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "33 30 36 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 5 77 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 6 87 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "However, when it comes to humanity, anything other than eating, shitting and sleeping is pointless. Here we just produce one of such pointless things.",
          "ref": "2011 February 9, Hideaki Sorachi, “第(だい)三(さん)百(びゃく)三(さん)十(じゅう)一(いち)訓(くん) 社(し)会(ごと)見(けん)学(がく)は大人(おとな)にとっても学(まな)ぶ事(こと)の多(おお)い場(ば) [Lesson 331: Field Trips Are Often Learning Experiences Even for Adults]”, in 銀(ぎん)魂(たま) [Silver Soul], volume 38 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN:",
          "roman": "Shikashi ningen nanzo wa kutte kuso shite neru sore igai no koto wa shosen subete muda na koto na n da yo. Wareware wa sono uchi no hitotsu no muda o sōzō suru mono ni sugin",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "人",
              "にん"
            ],
            [
              "間",
              "げん"
            ],
            [
              "食",
              "く"
            ],
            [
              "寝",
              "ね"
            ],
            [
              "以",
              "い"
            ],
            [
              "外",
              "がい"
            ],
            [
              "事",
              "こと"
            ],
            [
              "全",
              "すべ"
            ],
            [
              "事",
              "こと"
            ],
            [
              "我",
              "われ"
            ],
            [
              "々",
              "われ"
            ],
            [
              "一",
              "ひと"
            ],
            [
              "創",
              "そう"
            ],
            [
              "造",
              "ぞう"
            ],
            [
              "者",
              "もの"
            ],
            [
              "過",
              "す"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "しかし人間なんぞは食ってクソして寝るそれ以外の事はしょせん全てムダな事なんだよ。我々はそのうちの一つのムダを創造する者に過ぎん",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "uselessness; no good; being in vain; futility"
      ],
      "id": "en-無駄-ja-noun-DjzH8OHT",
      "links": [
        [
          "uselessness",
          "uselessness"
        ],
        [
          "no good",
          "no good"
        ],
        [
          "in vain",
          "in vain"
        ],
        [
          "futility",
          "futility"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "waste of money",
          "roman": "okane no muda",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "金",
              "かね"
            ],
            [
              "無駄",
              "むだ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "お金の無駄",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to fritter away one's youth",
          "roman": "seishun o muda ni suru",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "青",
              "せい"
            ],
            [
              "春",
              "しゅん"
            ],
            [
              "無駄",
              "むだ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "青春を無駄にする",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "waste"
      ],
      "id": "en-無駄-ja-noun-C7XpMp8Z",
      "links": [
        [
          "waste",
          "waste"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "むだ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[mɯ̟da̠]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "無駄"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Japanese adjectives",
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese nouns",
    "Japanese terms spelled with fourth grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with secondary school kanji",
    "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese な-na adjectives",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "無駄",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "無",
          "む"
        ],
        [
          "駄",
          "だ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無駄",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "無駄",
          "ムダ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muda",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無駄な",
      "roman": "muda na",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "無",
          "む"
        ],
        [
          "駄",
          "だ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adnominal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無駄に",
      "roman": "muda ni",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "無",
          "む"
        ],
        [
          "駄",
          "だ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-na",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無駄だろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むだだろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muda daro",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無駄で",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むだで",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muda de",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無駄だ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むだだ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muda da",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無駄な",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むだな",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muda na",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無駄なら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むだなら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muda nara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無駄であれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むだであれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muda de are",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無駄ではない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無駄じゃない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むだではない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むだじゃない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muda de wa nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muda ja nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無駄だった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むだだった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muda datta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無駄ではなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無駄じゃなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むだではなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むだじゃなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muda de wa nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muda ja nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無駄です",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むだです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muda desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無駄ではありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無駄じゃありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むだではありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むだじゃありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muda de wa arimasen",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muda ja arimasen",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無駄でした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むだでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muda deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無駄ではありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無駄じゃありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むだではありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むだじゃありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muda de wa arimasen deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muda ja arimasen deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無駄で",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むだで",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muda de",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無駄なら(ば)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むだなら(ば)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muda nara (ba)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無駄だったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むだだったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muda dattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無駄だろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むだだろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muda darō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無駄に",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むだに",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muda ni",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無駄さ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むださ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mudasa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "むだ",
        "2": "ムダ",
        "infl": "な"
      },
      "expansion": "無(む)駄(だ) or 無駄(ムダ) • (muda) -na (adnominal 無(む)駄(だ)な (muda na), adverbial 無(む)駄(だ)に (muda 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": "むだ",
        "lemma": "無駄",
        "provisional": ". だったら",
        "terminal": ". だ",
        "volitional": ". だろう"
      },
      "name": "ja-adj-infl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Japanese terms with redundant script codes",
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "It's pointless.",
          "roman": "Muda da.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "無駄",
              "むだ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "無駄だ。",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "However, when it comes to humanity, anything other than eating, shitting and sleeping is pointless. Here we just produce one of such pointless things.",
          "ref": "2011 February 9, Hideaki Sorachi, “第(だい)三(さん)百(びゃく)三(さん)十(じゅう)一(いち)訓(くん) 社(し)会(ごと)見(けん)学(がく)は大人(おとな)にとっても学(まな)ぶ事(こと)の多(おお)い場(ば) [Lesson 331: Field Trips Are Often Learning Experiences Even for Adults]”, in 銀(ぎん)魂(たま) [Silver Soul], volume 38 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN:",
          "roman": "Shikashi ningen nanzo wa kutte kuso shite neru sore igai no koto wa shosen subete muda na koto na n da yo. Wareware wa sono uchi no hitotsu no muda o sōzō suru mono ni sugin",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "人",
              "にん"
            ],
            [
              "間",
              "げん"
            ],
            [
              "食",
              "く"
            ],
            [
              "寝",
              "ね"
            ],
            [
              "以",
              "い"
            ],
            [
              "外",
              "がい"
            ],
            [
              "事",
              "こと"
            ],
            [
              "全",
              "すべ"
            ],
            [
              "事",
              "こと"
            ],
            [
              "我",
              "われ"
            ],
            [
              "々",
              "われ"
            ],
            [
              "一",
              "ひと"
            ],
            [
              "創",
              "そう"
            ],
            [
              "造",
              "ぞう"
            ],
            [
              "者",
              "もの"
            ],
            [
              "過",
              "す"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "しかし人間なんぞは食ってクソして寝るそれ以外の事はしょせん全てムダな事なんだよ。我々はそのうちの一つのムダを創造する者に過ぎん",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "useless, pointless; meaningless"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "useless",
          "useless"
        ],
        [
          "pointless",
          "pointless"
        ],
        [
          "meaningless",
          "meaningless"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "wasteful"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "wasteful",
          "wasteful"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "むだ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[mɯ̟da̠]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "無駄"
}

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    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese nouns",
    "Japanese terms spelled with fourth grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with secondary school kanji",
    "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese な-na adjectives",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "mudāshi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "無駄",
          "むだ"
        ],
        [
          "足",
          "あし"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "無駄足"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mudagane",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "無駄",
          "むだ"
        ],
        [
          "金",
          "がね"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "無駄金"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mudagui",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "無駄",
          "むだ"
        ],
        [
          "食",
          "ぐ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "無駄食い"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mudaguchi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "無駄",
          "むだ"
        ],
        [
          "口",
          "ぐち"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "無駄口"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mudage",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "無駄",
          "むだ"
        ],
        [
          "毛",
          "げ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "無駄毛"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mudagoto",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "無駄",
          "むだ"
        ],
        [
          "言",
          "ごと"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "無駄言"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mudajikan",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "無駄",
          "むだ"
        ],
        [
          "時",
          "じ"
        ],
        [
          "間",
          "かん"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "無駄時間"
    },
    {
      "word": "無駄遣い"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mudazukai",
      "word": "無駄使い"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mudabana",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "無駄",
          "むだ"
        ],
        [
          "花",
          "ばな"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "無駄花"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mudabanashi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "無駄",
          "むだ"
        ],
        [
          "話",
          "ばなし"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "無駄話"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mudaboe",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "無駄",
          "むだ"
        ],
        [
          "吠",
          "ぼ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "無駄吠え"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mudabone",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "無駄",
          "むだ"
        ],
        [
          "骨",
          "ぼね"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "無駄骨"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mudameshi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "無駄",
          "むだ"
        ],
        [
          "飯",
          "めし"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "無駄飯"
    }
  ],
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "muda",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: muda",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: muda"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "無駄",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "無",
          "む"
        ],
        [
          "駄",
          "だ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無駄",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "無駄",
          "ムダ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muda",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "むだ",
        "2": "ムダ"
      },
      "expansion": "無(む)駄(だ) or 無駄(ムダ) • (muda)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Japanese terms with redundant script codes",
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "However, when it comes to humanity, anything other than eating, shitting and sleeping is pointless. Here we just produce one of such pointless things.",
          "ref": "2011 February 9, Hideaki Sorachi, “第(だい)三(さん)百(びゃく)三(さん)十(じゅう)一(いち)訓(くん) 社(し)会(ごと)見(けん)学(がく)は大人(おとな)にとっても学(まな)ぶ事(こと)の多(おお)い場(ば) [Lesson 331: Field Trips Are Often Learning Experiences Even for Adults]”, in 銀(ぎん)魂(たま) [Silver Soul], volume 38 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN:",
          "roman": "Shikashi ningen nanzo wa kutte kuso shite neru sore igai no koto wa shosen subete muda na koto na n da yo. Wareware wa sono uchi no hitotsu no muda o sōzō suru mono ni sugin",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "人",
              "にん"
            ],
            [
              "間",
              "げん"
            ],
            [
              "食",
              "く"
            ],
            [
              "寝",
              "ね"
            ],
            [
              "以",
              "い"
            ],
            [
              "外",
              "がい"
            ],
            [
              "事",
              "こと"
            ],
            [
              "全",
              "すべ"
            ],
            [
              "事",
              "こと"
            ],
            [
              "我",
              "われ"
            ],
            [
              "々",
              "われ"
            ],
            [
              "一",
              "ひと"
            ],
            [
              "創",
              "そう"
            ],
            [
              "造",
              "ぞう"
            ],
            [
              "者",
              "もの"
            ],
            [
              "過",
              "す"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "しかし人間なんぞは食ってクソして寝るそれ以外の事はしょせん全てムダな事なんだよ。我々はそのうちの一つのムダを創造する者に過ぎん",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "uselessness; no good; being in vain; futility"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "uselessness",
          "uselessness"
        ],
        [
          "no good",
          "no good"
        ],
        [
          "in vain",
          "in vain"
        ],
        [
          "futility",
          "futility"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "waste of money",
          "roman": "okane no muda",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "金",
              "かね"
            ],
            [
              "無駄",
              "むだ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "お金の無駄",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to fritter away one's youth",
          "roman": "seishun o muda ni suru",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "青",
              "せい"
            ],
            [
              "春",
              "しゅん"
            ],
            [
              "無駄",
              "むだ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "青春を無駄にする",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "waste"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "waste",
          "waste"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "むだ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[mɯ̟da̠]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "無駄"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 無駄 meaning in Japanese (14.2kB)

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  "title": "無駄",
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  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
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