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    3. 無駄遣い

    無駄遣い

    無む駄だ遣づかい​

    waste (of money, time, etc.)

    N1KMT8News #20+1CoreNoun, Participle, Verb, TransitiveDaily LifeKanji Vocab41 strokes

    徒遣い無駄使い無駄づかいムダ遣いムダ使い

    むだづかい

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Transitive

    1.
    waste (of money, time, etc.), squandering, frittering away

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    お金かねの無む駄だ遣づかいはやめましょう。

    Let's stop wasting money.

    KMT6Daily Life
    彼かれはいつも不ふ必ひつ要ようなものに無む駄だ遣づかいしている。

    He always wastes money on unnecessary things.

    KMT8Daily Life
    時じ間かんの無む駄だ遣づかいは、後あとで後こう悔かいすることになる。

    Wasting time will lead to regret later.

    KMT8Daily LifeEmotions & Psychology
    セールだからといって、衝しょう動どう買がいは無む駄だ遣づかいにつながる。

    Just because it's a sale, impulse buying can lead to wasteful spending.

    KMT8Daily Life
    食しょく料りょうの無む駄だ遣づかいを減へらすために、計けい画かく的てきに買かい物ものをする。

    To reduce food waste, I shop systematically.

    KMT8Daily LifeFood & Dining

    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
    遣
    つか.う・-つか.い・-づか.い・つか.わす・や.る…(1)
    dispatch・despatch・send・give・donate…(2)
    Kanji
    い
    i
    Kana
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