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SILVER ERA · ことばを、少しずつ。
JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

無む駄だ

N3
むだ muda
  1. futility
  2. uselessness
nounな-adjective

Chinese meanings

徒劳;浪费

Examples

  • 私わたし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"
  }
}