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JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

無む駄だ遣づかい

mudazukai

waste of money or time

Can also be used with する. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 私わたしはお金かねを無駄遣むだづかいするつもりはない。

    I’m not going to waste my money.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 無駄遣むだづかいをするな。

    Don’t waste your money.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 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。

    He frowns on his wife’s wasting money.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 無駄遣

  • 無nothingness; noneOnム・ブKunない
  • 駄burdensome; pack horseOnダ・タ
  • 遣dispatch; despatchOnケンKunつかう・つかわす・やる

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