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無む駄だ遣づかい

N1
むだづかい mudazukai
  1. waste money on
  2. squander money on
  3. flog a dead horse
nounする verbtransitive

Chinese meanings

浪费

Examples

  • 彼かれは妻つまの無む駄だ遣づかいに渋しぶい顔かおをする。
    He frowns on his wife's wasting money.
    他对妻子乱花钱皱起眉头。
  • なんてひどいむだ使いでしょう。
    What a fearful waste of money!
    多么严重的浪费啊。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('88c5764dde'); // 無駄遣い
{
  "id": "88c5764dde",
  "word": "無駄遣い",
  "reading": "むだづかい",
  "romaji": "mudazukai",
  "meanings": [
    "waste money on",
    "squander money on",
    "flog a dead horse"
  ],
  "level": "N1",
  "pos": [
    "n",
    "vs",
    "vt"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1530520,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "彼は妻の無駄遣いに渋い顔をする。",
      "furigana": "{彼|かれ}は{妻|つま}の{無駄遣|むだづか}いに{渋|しぶ}い{顔|かお}をする。",
      "en": "He frowns on his wife's wasting money.",
      "tatoeba_id": 106888
    },
    {
      "ja": "なんてひどいむだ使いでしょう。",
      "en": "What a fearful waste of money!",
      "tatoeba_id": 198917
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "e7809ef5b0d97690169385c33366619203cfef5f88eabbac66903609840e4858",
    "meanings": [
      "浪费"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "彼は妻の無駄遣いに渋い顔をする。",
        "zh": "他对妻子乱花钱皱起眉头。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "なんてひどいむだ使いでしょう。",
        "zh": "多么严重的浪费啊。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n1/88c5764dde",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1530520; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "de899dd40bf733000a437154ef801aeac478fd555dd313b91be77b2dba478dfc"
  }
}