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無駄遣い

無駄使い

Reading

Kana: むだづかい
Romaji: mudazukai
Kana
Romaji

Definition

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wasting ... on (e.g. money); squandering; waste; frittering away

Kanji

Readings: ム、 ブ、 な.い
Meanings: nothingness, none, ain't, nothing, nil, not
Readings: ダ、 タ
Meanings: burdensome, pack horse, horse load, send by horse
Readings: ケン、 つか.う、 -つか.い、 -づか.い、 つか.わす、 や.る
Meanings: dispatch, despatch, send, give, donate, do, undertake
使
Readings: シ、 つか.う、 つか.い、 -つか.い、 -づか.い
Meanings: use, send on a mission, order, messenger, envoy, ambassador, cause

Example Sentences

無駄遣(むだづか)いをするな。
➥Don't waste your money.
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(かね)をむだ使(つか)いしないほうがいい。
➥You had better not waste your money.
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(かれ)(つま)無駄遣(むだづか)いに(しぶ)(かお)をする。
➥He frowns on his wife's wasting money.
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なんてひどいむだ使(づか)いでしょう。
➥What a fearful waste of money!
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(えん)たりとも無駄使(むだづか)いはできない。
➥I can't afford to waste a single yen.
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(わたし)はお(かね)無駄遣(むだづか)いするつもりはない。
➥I'm not going to waste my money.
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