This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

1円たりとも無駄使いはできない。

Sentence Analyzer

たり 無駄使い できない

English Translation

I can't afford to waste a single yen.

Furigana

(えん)たりとも無駄使(むだづか)いはできない。

Romanji

Ichi en tari to mo mudazukai wa dekinai.

Words

(いち)
one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)
(えん)
yen; Japanese monetary unit; circle
たり (たり、だり)
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); (used adverbially) doing such things as...; expresses a command; (after a noun) to be; indicates completion or continuation of an action
()
if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)
()
too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other
無駄遣い (むだづかい)
wasting ... on (e.g. money); squandering; waste; frittering away
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
出来る (できる)
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at; to be permitted (to do); to become intimate; to take up (with somebody); to grow; to be raised; to become pregnant

Kanji

Readings: エン、 まる.い、 まる、 まど、 まど.か、 まろ.やか
Meanings: circle, yen, round
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
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