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To find any kanji, first try to identify the components it is made up of. Once you have identified any component, search for it in any of three ways:

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Example: look up 漢

Notice that 漢 is made of several components: 氵艹口夫
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Alternatively, look for a component in the list. 氵艹口 each have three strokes; 夫 has four strokes
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270 examples found containing '無駄' (results also include variant forms and possible homonyms)

お

を

だ。

There is nothing to be gained by flattery.

それを

んだって

だよ。

It is no use worrying about it.

はその

に

れた。

He tried in vain to solve the problem.

の

ですが、ネーム

しで

やってしまったので

に

いです。

This is an early work, I did it freely without storyboarding so it's unreasonably long.

を

ですよ。

There is no point in pretending to be sick.

と

くちげんか

だよ。

It is no use quarreling with grown-ups.

にしてはいけません。

We shouldn't waste even one grain of rice.

そんな

で

の

をごまかそうとしても

だ。

You can't fool me with a trick like that.

で、

と

を

させようとしても

である。

No matter how we try, it is impossible to distinguish good people from bad people by outward appearances.

いをするな。

Don't waste your money.

は

の

いに

い

をする。

He frowns on his wife's wasting money.

の

い

では、ゴルフは

の

いだ。

Golf is a waste of land in such a small country as Japan.

を

べると「

むだばなし

もあるが、「さまざまなことを

に

うこと」という

もある。

Looking it up in a dictionary, it can mean "idle talk," but it also means "talking about various topics in a relaxed manner."

あの

に

むだばなし

をしに

くのが

きだ。

The old men like to meet on the street corner just to shoot the bull.

をたたくな。

Don't waste your breath.

だったよ。

It was a wild goose chase.

は、しばしば、

を

る。

He often goes off on wild goose chases.

は

をむだにしない。

She is economical of her time.

べんきょう

しなければ

へ

ってもむだだ。

It is no use going to school if you are not going to study.

ってもむだだ。

There's no point in waiting.

をむだにするな。

Don't throw away your chance.

の

ちを

えさせようとしたけれど、むだだった。

We tried in vain to make him change his mind.

はむだには

しなかった。

He has not failed for nothing.

お

をむだ

いしないほうがいい。

You had better not waste your money.

それについて

してもむだだ。

It is no use arguing about it.

は

で

をむだに

ごした。

He wasted his time on gambling at the horse races.

をしてもむだである。

It is not worthwhile saving money.

ケーキを

してもむだだよ、

が

べちゃったんだから。

It is no use looking for the cake; I already ate it.

をしてもむだだ。

There is no use trying to excuse yourself.

これについて

してもむだだ。

It is no use making an excuse for this.

Kanshudo is your AI Japanese tutor, and your constant companion on the road to mastery of the Japanese language. To get started learning Japanese, just follow the study recommendations on your Dashboard. You can use Quick search (accessible using the icon at the top of every page) to look up any Japanese word, kanji or grammar point, as well as to find anything on Kanshudo quickly. For an overview, take the tour.

Search results include information from a variety of sources, including Kanshudo (kanji mnemonics, kanji readings, kanji components, vocab and name frequency data, grammar points, examples), JMdict (vocabulary), Tatoeba (examples), Enamdict (names), KanjiVG (kanji animations and stroke order), and Joy o' Kanji (kanji and radical synopses). Translations provided by Google's Neural Machine Translation engine. For more information see credits.

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