Words — 25 found
1. futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
徒 【むだ】、ムダ
無駄: Ateji (phonetic) reading.
むだづか
無駄遣い
1. waste (of money, time, etc.); squandering; frittering away
徒遣い 【むだづかい】、無駄使い 【むだづかい】
徒遣い: Rarely-used kanji form. 無駄使い: Irregular kanji usage.
むだばなし
無駄話
1. idle talk; chit-chat; gossip
むだ話 【むだばなし】、徒話 【むだばなし】
徒話: Rarely-used kanji form.
むだ
無駄にする
1. to render futile; to bring to naught; to waste; to not make good use of
むだぐち
無駄口をたたく
1. to chatter pointlessly; to waste one's breath
無駄口を叩く 【むだぐちをたたく】
むだぼねお
無駄骨を折る
1. to waste one's efforts; to work to no (useful) effectRare term, Idiomatic expression
むだあし
無駄足
1. visit for no reason; going on a fool's errand
ムダ足 【むだあし】、徒足 【むだあし】
徒足: Rarely-used kanji form.
むだじ
無駄死に
1. dying in vain; useless death; meaningless death
徒死に 【むだじに】
徒死に: Rarely-used kanji form.
むだぼね
無駄骨
1. wasted effort; fruitless effort; vain efforts
徒骨 【むだぼね】
徒骨: Rarely-used kanji form.
むだぼ
無駄吠え
1. barking over nothing (of a dog); barking at passers-by or visitors
むだ吠え 【むだぼえ】、徒吠え 【むだぼえ】