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    3. 無駄食い

    無駄食い

    無む駄だ食ぐい​

    eating between meals

    NTNoun, Participle, VerbFood & DiningKanji Vocab37 strokes

    徒食いむだ食い

    むだぐい

    Noun, Participle, Verb

    1.
    eating between meals, wasteful eating habits, waste of resources
    2.
    living idly, loafing one's way through life

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    Characters that make up this word

    無
    な.い…(2)
    nothingness・none・ain't・nothing・nil…(1)
    Kanji
    駄
    burdensome・pack horse・horse load・send by horse・trivial…(1)
    Kanji
    食
    く.う・く.らう・た.べる・は.む…(3)
    eat・food
    Kanji
    い
    i
    Kana
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