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    3. 無益

    無益

    無む益えき

    useless

    KMT10News #41+1CoreNoun, Adjective, ParticleEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab22 strokes

    むえき

    Noun, Adjective, Particle

    1.
    useless, futile, vain

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    その議ぎ論ろんは無む益えきだった。

    That discussion was useless.

    KMT7Daily LifeEmotions & Psychology
    彼かれの無む益えきな抵てい抗こうは、事じ態たいをさらに悪あっ化かさせただけだった。

    His futile resistance only made the situation worse.

    KMT9Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    無む益えきな会かい議ぎを減へらすことが、生せい産さん性せい向こう上じょうにつながる。

    Reducing useless meetings leads to increased productivity.

    KMT9Work & CareerBusiness & Finance
    過か去こを悔くやんでも無む益えきなことだ。

    Regretting the past is futile.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    どんなに努ど力りょくしても、この状じょう況きょうでは無む益えきだと感かんじた。

    No matter how much effort I put in, I felt it was useless in this situation.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyWork & Career

    Kanji that make up this word

    無
    な.い…(2)
    nothingness・none・ain't・nothing・nil…(1)
    益
    ま.す…(4)
    benefit・gain・profit・advantage
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