駄

Meaning

駄 centers on a horse carrying a load, which extends to anything burdensome, trivial, or worthless—like cheap goods sent by pack horse.

• 駄目だめ
  N5

  no good; not serving its purpose; useless; broken

• 無駄むだ
  N4

  futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness

• 無駄遣いむだづかい
  N2

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

• 下駄げた
  N2

  geta; traditional Japanese wooden sandal

• 駄菓子だがし

  penny candy; cheap individually wrapped sweets

• 駄洒落だじゃれ

  feeble joke; poor joke; corny joke; bad pun

• 駄目駄目だめだめ

  entirely useless; completely worthless

• 駄だ

  poor; low-grade; trivial; insignificant; worthless

• 駄作ださく
  N1

  poor piece of work; rubbish; trash

• 駄々だだ

  whining (to get one's way); tantrum

• 駄文だぶん

  poor piece of writing

• 無駄足むだあし

  visit for no reason; going on a fool's errand

• 駄々っ子だだっこ

  unmanageable child; spoiled child (spoilt); spoiled brat

• 駄賃だちん

  reward; recompense; tip

• 駄弁だべん

  foolish tale; nonsense

• 駄犬だけん

  mongrel; cur; mutt

• 無駄口むだぐち

  chatter; idle talk

• 雪駄せった

  leather-soled sandals (geta)

• 駄津だつ

  Pacific needlefish (Strongylura anastomella)

• 駄馬だば

  packhorse; workhorse; hack

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