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勿もっ体たいない

usually written using kana aloneい adjectiveadjective (generic)

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もったいない

Meanings

wasteful, a waste
too good, more than one deserves, unworthy of
impious, profane, sacrilegious

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Example sentences

食たべ残のこしはもったいないからちゃんと食たべなさい。

Don't leave food on your plate — it's wasteful, so eat it all up.

そんな才能さいのうを使つかわないのはもったいない。

It's a waste not to use such talent.

この服ふくを捨すてるなんてもったいなさすぎる。

Throwing away these clothes is far too wasteful.

彼女かのじょにはもったいないくらい素晴すばらしい機会きかいが与あたえられた。

She was given an opportunity that was almost too good for her.

貴重きちょうな時間じかんを無駄むだに過すごすのはもったいないと感かんじ、毎日まいにち何なにか新あたらしいことを学まなぶよう心こころがけている。

Feeling that it's a waste to spend precious time idly, I make an effort to learn something new every day.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)