Kanji1 / 14
駄 kanji
burdensome, pack horse, horse load, send by horse, trivial, worthless
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N3 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 14
- School grade
- Secondary school
On readings
ダタ
Kun readings
NoneWords with 駄
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —無駄足を踏むto go on a fool's errand; to go in vain
- —無駄飯食らいgood-for-nothing; ne'er-do-well; idler; person who does nothing useful
- —無駄口をたたくto chatter pointlessly; to waste one's breath
- —行き掛けの駄賃taking the opportunity to do something; doing something incidentally; doing something while (you) are at it; doing something on the way; while I'm at it
- —時間を無駄にするto waste time
- —親の意見と茄子の花は千に一つも無駄はないalways listen to your parents; always value your parents' advice; not even one in a thousand of a parents' opinion or an eggplant flower are in vain
- —駄辯foolish tale; nonsense
- —席駄leather-soled sandals (geta)
- —駄枘dowel; joggle
- —駄駄whining (to get one's way); tantrum
- —駄酒落feeble joke; poor joke; corny joke; bad pun
- —駄ボラbig talk; tall tale
- —駄目元giving something a try because it will not do any harm
- —無駄毛unwanted hair; superfluous hair
- —御駄賃little something; reward; tip
- —駄目男no-good man; (male) loser
- —駄目女no-good woman; (female) loser
- —駄目押しmaking doubly sure; points scored for good measure; insurance run (in baseball)
- —駄じゃれfeeble joke; poor joke; corny joke; bad pun
- —無駄使いwaste (of money, time, etc.); squandering; frittering away