Japanese symbol for “extravagance”
浪費
ろうひ
Romaji: rouhi
waste; extravagance
In Japanese, extravagance is 浪費, read ろうひ (rouhi).
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Meanings
- adj-no, n, vs waste; extravagance
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “extravagance”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 贅沢 | ぜいたく zeitaku | luxury; extravagance |
| 贅 | ぜい zei | extravagance; luxury |
| 奢り | おごり ogori | luxury; extravagance |
| 奢侈 | しゃし shashi | luxury; extravagance |
| 華美 | かび kabi | showiness; gaudiness; extravagance |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 浪人 | ろうにん rounin | ronin; masterless samurai |
| 放浪 | ほうろう hourou | wandering; roaming; drifting |
| 流浪 | るろう rurou | vagrancy; wandering; nomadism |
| 波浪 | はろう harou | waves; billows; surge |
| 浪曲 | ろうきょく roukyoku | rōkyoku; naniwabushi; recitation of stories accompanied by samisen |
| 消費 | しょうひ shouhi | consumption; expenditure; spending |
| 費用 | ひよう hiyou | cost; expense |
| 経費 | けいひ keihi | expenses; expenditure; outgoings |
See also: Chinese symbol for “extravagance”.
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.