Waste and no point
Core words, Stage 1chunk 41 of 55Adjectives: things and situations
Say something is pointless, wasteful or beyond help.
- mudano use, pointless; a waste
- mottainaiwhat a waste; too good to waste
- imi naipointless, there's no point
- dou shiyou mo naihopeless, nothing can be done; useless (person)
Mix-ups Muda is useless effort; mottainai is regret over wasting something good.
muda
polite muda desu
no use, pointless; a waste
'Muda da' means it's no use; 'jikan no muda' is a waste of time.
'Mudazukai' is wasting money.
itte mo muda da yo.
It's no use telling him.
言っても無駄だよ。
itte mo muda desu yo.
There's no point telling him.
言っても無駄ですよ。
Written 無駄 · むだ · 無駄ですRank #1135 in 3,030 TV dramas
mottainai
polite mottainai desu
what a waste; too good to waste
Said when something useful is thrown away or left unused.
'Muda' is useless effort; 'mottainai' is regret over wasting something good.
mada taberareru noni, mottainai yo.
It's still good to eat, what a waste.
まだ食べられるのに、もったいないよ。
mada taberareru noni, mottainai desu yo.
It's still edible. That's such a waste.
まだ食べられるのに、もったいないですよ。
Written もったいない · もったいないですRank #1201 in 3,030 TV dramas
imi nai
polite imi ga arimasen
pointless, there's no point
Often after a te-form: 'itte mo imi nai' (no point saying it).
Different from 'imi wakannai' (makes no sense).
imasara isoide mo imi nai yo.
No point hurrying now.
今さら急いでも意味ないよ。
imasara isoide mo imi ga arimasen yo.
There's no point hurrying now.
今さら急いでも意味がありませんよ。
Written 意味ない · いみない · 意味がありませんRank #2216 in 3,030 TV dramas
dou shiyou mo nai
polite dou shiyou mo arimasen
hopeless, nothing can be done; useless (person)
About a situation: nothing can be done; about a person: hopeless.
'Shou ga nai' is the everyday 'oh well'; 'dou shiyou mo nai' is stronger: truly hopeless.
ame da kara, dou shiyou mo nai ne.
It's raining, nothing we can do.
雨だから、どうしようもないね。
ame na node, dou shiyou mo arimasen ne.
It's raining, so there's nothing we can do.
雨なので、どうしようもありませんね。
Written どうしようもない · どうしようもありませんRank #2044 in 3,030 TV dramas