| 駄 | meaning | 'burdensome, pack horse, horse load, send by horse' |
| onyomi | ダ, タ | |
| kunyomi |
| term | pronunciation | English |
|---|---|---|
| 無駄な | むだな | futile; useless; pointless |
| 下駄 | げた | geta (Japanese footwear), wooden clogs |
| 駄目 | だめ | useless, no good, hopeless |
| 無駄 | むだ | futility, uselessness |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 無駄遣い | むだづかい | wasting ... on (e.g. money), squandering, waste, frittering away |
| 駄目押し | ダメおし, だめおし | making doubly sure; insurance runs (baseball) |
| 駄菓子 | だがし | cheap sweets |
| 駒下駄 | こまげた | low wooden clogs, komageta |
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