無駄
N3むだ muda
- futility
- uselessness
nounな-adjective
Chinese meanings
徒劳;浪费
Examples
- 私をあざむこうとしてもむだです。It is no use trying to deceive me.想欺骗我是徒劳的。
- ストライキはほとんどむだだった。The strike was to little purpose.罢工几乎没有效果。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('a07884c182'); // 無駄
{
"id": "a07884c182",
"word": "無駄",
"reading": "むだ",
"romaji": "muda",
"meanings": [
"futility",
"uselessness"
],
"level": "N3",
"pos": [
"n",
"adj-na"
],
"jmdict_id": 1530510,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "私をあざむこうとしてもむだです。",
"furigana": "{私|わたし}をあざむこうとしてもむだです。",
"en": "It is no use trying to deceive me.",
"tatoeba_id": 152176
},
{
"ja": "ストライキはほとんどむだだった。",
"en": "The strike was to little purpose.",
"tatoeba_id": 214592
}
],
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "303438decd8047318ff2e707efe79c0dfd1edf61f0a933f95eb1b9d5abcc4049",
"meanings": [
"徒劳",
"浪费"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "私をあざむこうとしてもむだです。",
"zh": "想欺骗我是徒劳的。"
},
{
"ja": "ストライキはほとんどむだだった。",
"zh": "罢工几乎没有效果。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n3/a07884c182",
"JMdict ent_seq 1530510; 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": "8bb899b0bb6e285f80332f98a8e898cbaea8e66f955fdc5c5c9b95e1588cf351"
}
}