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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)

ストライキはほとんどむだだった。

The strike was to little purpose.

これ

その

を

してもむだだ。

There is no use discussing the matter further.

ジョンはデートすると、

がむだ

いする

ち

だと

られてしまうんだ。

When John goes on a date, he's known to be a big spender.

もすべて、むだであることがわかった。

All my efforts turned out to be useless.

はアメリカへいったがむだではなかった。

He did not go to America for nothing.

をだまそうとしてもむだだ。

It is no use trying to deceive me.

の

を

えようとするのはむだだ。

It is useless to try to remember all the words in the dictionary.

をむだにしないで、この

を

めよう。

Let's stop wasting time and get on with this work.

についてぐちをこぼしてもむだだ。

It is no use complaining about the weather.

むだがなければ

もない。

Waste not, want not.

の

はむだだった。

His efforts were in vain.

けようとする

の

くむだになるだろうと

う。

I'm afraid all my efforts to help her will be to no purpose.

を

しようとしたがむだだった。

I tried in vain to seduce her.

くの

こうしょう

ごとをしたがまったくむだになった。

We held many negotiations but to no purpose.

その

を

こうとしてもむだですよ。

It is no use trying to solve the riddle.

に

をせがんでもむだだ。

It is no use asking me for money.

は

を

しようとしたがむだだった。

I tried to persuade him, but in vain.

の

しょうきょくてき

な

が

の

を

むだにした。

His negative attitude rendered all my efforts useless.

は、あらゆる

をしたがむだだった。

He made every effort, but to no avail.

をあざむこうとしてもむだです。

It is no use trying to deceive me.

たちはその

を

に

してみたがむだだった。

We pushed the rock hard in vain.

は

でんりょく

をむだ

いしないように

します。

He turns off the lights so as not to waste electricity.

あなたと

ってもむだだ。

It is no good arguing with you.

ひょうめん

に

やへこみがたくさんあるから

いてもむだだよ。

There are so many fine scratches and dents on its surface, it's no use polishing it.

の

はすべてむだだった。

All our efforts were in vain.

は

わたしたち

にのらくらして

をむだにしないようにしばしば

ってきた。

Our teacher has often told us not to idle away our time.

べんとうや

めたってむだだよ。ざらにあるからね。

There's no point starting a shop selling take-away lunches; there are already plenty.

は

の

じてくれなかったが、

ってもむだだと

った。

The policeman did not believe my story, and I thought it was no good arguing with him.

の

は

をむだにいらだたせる。

She irritates me to no end with her complaints.

これ

を

ててもむだだ。

It's fruitless to press him further.

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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