無駄遣い

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 4

Grade: S
つか > づか
Grade: S
on’yomi kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
無駄使い
無駄づかい
むだ遣い
むだ使い
徒遣い

Etymology

From 無駄 (futility, waste) + 遣い (use, usage).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) だづかい [mùdázúꜜkàì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [mɯ̟ᵝda̠zɨᵝka̠i]

Noun

()()(づか) (mudazukai) 

  1. wasting one's time or money, wasteful spending
    そういう無駄遣(むだづか)はやめようよ。
    Sōiu mudazukai wa yameyō yo.
    Stop wasting money like that!

Verb

()()(づか)する (mudazukai suru) suru (stem ()()(づか) (mudazukai shi), past ()()(づか)した (mudazukai shita))

  1. to waste money

Conjugation

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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