無駄 (むだ) — useless, futile, wasteful
無駄
useless
Frequency #1634
Frequency rank among common Japanese words. Lower number = more common.
2 characters
漢語 kango
漢語 (kango) — Sino-Japanese compound: all kanji use on'yomi (Chinese-derived) readings.
na-adjective
Part of speech (JMdict: adj-na, n)
muda
Pitch高低アクセント — Tokyo-dialect pitch accent. The number is the drop position: 0 = heiban (no drop), 1 = atamadaka (drops after 1st mora), N = drops after Nth mora. The line above each mora marks high pitch; below, low.
むだ[0] heiban 平板
Synth audio is approximate — the diagram is the canonical reference.
Meanings
- useless
- futile
- wasteful