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JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

浪ろう費ひ

rouhi

waste, extravagance

Example sentences

それは確たしかに時間じかんの浪費ろうひです。
It’s certainly a waste of time.
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時間じかんと金かねを浪費ろうひするな。
Don’t waste your time and money.
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何なんという水みずの浪費ろうひだ。
What a waste of water!
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Kanji in 浪費

浪wandering; wavesOnロウ
費expense; costOnヒKunついやす・ついえる

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