もったいない
N2 mottainai
- too good
- more than one deserves
- wasteful
- sacrilegious
- unworthy of
い-adjective
Also written 勿体ない
Chinese meanings
可惜;不配
Examples
- この服はわたしにはもったいない。This suit is too good for me.这件衣服给我穿太可惜了。
- トムはあなたにはもったいない。Tom is too good for you.汤姆配你太可惜了。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('df272e125c'); // もったいない
{
"id": "df272e125c",
"word": "もったいない",
"reading": "もったいない",
"romaji": "mottainai",
"meanings": [
"too good",
"more than one deserves",
"wasteful",
"sacrilegious",
"unworthy of"
],
"level": "N2",
"pos": [
"adj-i"
],
"jmdict_id": 1605250,
"other_forms": [
"勿体ない"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "この服はわたしにはもったいない。",
"furigana": "この{服|ふく}はわたしにはもったいない。",
"en": "This suit is too good for me.",
"tatoeba_id": 219956
},
{
"ja": "トムはあなたにはもったいない。",
"en": "Tom is too good for you.",
"tatoeba_id": 8729317
}
],
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "2c0279820090cb77bb29b237a45a30914734828716b50ec48a130be96b173ab6",
"meanings": [
"可惜",
"不配"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "この服はわたしにはもったいない。",
"zh": "这件衣服给我穿太可惜了。"
},
{
"ja": "トムはあなたにはもったいない。",
"zh": "汤姆配你太可惜了。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n2/df272e125c",
"JMdict ent_seq 1605250; 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": "c85ffceb84e1908dbf6634ce291b81ff410a6abd1d8e5307951d7a4a023dc0e1"
}
}