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JLPT N3na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

無む駄だ

muda

useless, a waste

Example sentences

今更後悔いまさらこうかいしても無駄むだだ。
It’s no use regretting it now.
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待まってもむだだ。
There’s no point in waiting.
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彼かれの努力どりょくはむだだった。
His efforts were in vain.
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Kanji in 無駄

無nothingness; noneOnム・ブKunない
駄burdensome; pack horseOnダ・タ

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