無駄遣い
N1むだづかい mudazukai
- waste money on
- squander money on
- flog a dead horse
nounする verbtransitive
Chinese meanings
浪费
Examples
- 彼は妻の無駄遣いに渋い顔をする。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"
}
}