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無用

無用

See also: 无用

Chinese

 
-less; not to have; no; none; not; to lack; un-
to use
trad. (無用)
simp. (无用)

Verb

無用

  1. to be useless; to be of no use; to be a waste of time
    有人認為讀書無用 [MSC, trad.]
    有人认为读书无用 [MSC, simp.]
    Yǒurén rènwéi dúshū wúyòng. [Pinyin]
    Some believe reading is a waste of time.

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 4
よう
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

(non-) + (use)

Adjectival noun

無用 (-na inflection, hiragana むよう, romaji muyō)

  1. useless
  2. unnecessary; needless
  3. prohibited, no (...ing)

Inflection

Antonyms

Noun

無用 (hiragana むよう, romaji muyō)

  1. uselessness
  2. needlessness
  3. being prohibited

Compounds

References

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.