Kanji Details:
- 駄
- Frequency:1500
- Kun: nan
- On: ダ, タ
- Meaning: burdensome, pack horse, horse load, send by horse
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Examples:
Word Reading Meaning 無駄 むだ futility, uselessness, pointlessness 無駄遣い むだづかい wasting ... on (e.g. money), squandering, waste, frittering away 駄目 だめ, ダメ useless, no good, hopeless 駄菓子 だがし cheap sweets 下駄 げた geta (Japanese footwear), wooden clogs 無駄にする むだにする to render futile, to bring to naught, to waste, to not make good use of 駄目押し ダメおし, だめおし making doubly sure; insurance runs (baseball) 一駄 いちだ horse load 下駄を預ける げたをあずける to leave everything to (someone) 下駄屋 げたや clog shop