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JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

くだらない

N2
kudaranai
  1. good-for-nothing
  2. stupid
  3. trivial
  4. worthless
い-adjective

Also written 下らない

Chinese meanings

无聊;无价值

Examples

  • くだらない話はなしはもうたくさんだ。
    We have had enough of empty words.
    无聊的话我已经听够了。
  • 私わたしはくだらない議ぎ論ろんに巻まき込こまれた。
    I was involved in a petty argument.
    我被卷入无聊的争论。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('57d3c312c5'); // くだらない
{
  "id": "57d3c312c5",
  "word": "くだらない",
  "reading": "くだらない",
  "romaji": "kudaranai",
  "meanings": [
    "good-for-nothing",
    "stupid",
    "trivial",
    "worthless"
  ],
  "level": "N2",
  "pos": [
    "adj-i"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1184360,
  "other_forms": [
    "下らない"
  ],
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "くだらない話はもうたくさんだ。",
      "furigana": "くだらない{話|はなし}はもうたくさんだ。",
      "en": "We have had enough of empty words.",
      "tatoeba_id": 225678
    },
    {
      "ja": "私はくだらない議論に巻き込まれた。",
      "furigana": "{私|わたし}はくだらない{議論|ぎろん}に{巻|ま}き{込|こ}まれた。",
      "en": "I was involved in a petty argument.",
      "tatoeba_id": 161121
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "3ccd644b1f165b89811716142f9299570eddb7e5b2fe4cbbea357538a5707fe2",
    "meanings": [
      "无聊",
      "无价值"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "くだらない話はもうたくさんだ。",
        "zh": "无聊的话我已经听够了。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "私はくだらない議論に巻き込まれた。",
        "zh": "我被卷入无聊的争论。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n2/57d3c312c5",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1184360; local JMdict_e.gz",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "976b889f893c6328c740e0b967a0d325937320f6626d30c1e3ba407bc9734842"
  }
}