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JLPT N1na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

無む用よう

muyou

useless

Example sentences

  1. 自然しぜんの中なかには無用むようなものは何なにもない。

    There is nothing useless in nature.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. ジョンは、その不誠実ふせいじつなセールスマンが、彼かれをだまして無用むような機械きかいを買かわせたと主張しゅちょうした。

    John claimed that the dishonest salesman had tricked him into buying a useless piece of machinery.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 電気でんきのために、ろうそくは我々われわれの生活せいかつにほとんど無用むようになった。

    Electricity made candles of little use in our life.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 無用

  • 無nothingness; noneOnム・ブKunない
  • 用utilize; businessOnヨウKunもちいる

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