無む駄だ遣づかい

む

だ

づ

か

い

Common wordJLPTN2Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

1

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

waste; squandering; frittering away

Refers to wasteful spending of money, time, or resources. Often used in the context of unnecessary purchases or inefficient use of something valuable.

無む駄だ遣づかいをやめて貯ちょ金きんを始はじめた。
I stopped wasting money and started saving.
時じ間

かん

の

無む

駄だ

遣づか

い

だ

から

、

効こう

率りつ

的てき

に

やろう

。

It's a waste of time, so let's do it efficiently.

彼かれは給きゅう料りょうをすぐに無む駄だ遣づかいしてしまう。

He quickly squanders his salary.

Written forms

無む駄だ遣づかいUsage62%
Standard kanji spelling; the most common and recommended form.
無む駄だ使づかいUsage29%
irregular kanji usage
Irregular kanji usage; 使い is a common misspelling for 遣い in this compound.
ムダ使づかいUsage8%
search-only kanji form
Search-only form; combines katakana ムダ with the irregular 使い.
無む駄だづかいUsage1%
search-only kanji form
Search-only form; uses the kana づ instead of the kanji 遣.
徒むだ遣づかい
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form; 徒 is an uncommon substitute for 無駄.

Kanji

無nothingness, none, ain't
駄burdensome, pack horse, horse load
遣dispatch, despatch, send
使

Similar words

無む駄だ
無駄 is an adjective/noun meaning 'useless' or 'futile', while 無駄遣い specifically refers to the act of wasting resources.
浪ろう費ひ
浪費 is a more formal term for 'waste' or 'squandering', often used in economic contexts, whereas 無駄遣い is more colloquial and personal.

Etymology

Compound of 無駄 (muda, 'useless') and 遣い (zukai, 'using'). The kanji 遣い implies purposeful use, so 無駄遣い literally means 'using something in a useless way'.

use, send on a mission, order

徒on foot, junior, emptiness