Japanese symbol for “squandering”
無駄遣い
むだづかい
Romaji: mudazukai
waste (of money, time, etc.); squandering; frittering away
In Japanese, squandering is 無駄遣い, read むだづかい (mudazukai).
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Meanings
- n, vs, vt waste (of money, time, etc.); squandering; frittering away
Written forms: 無駄遣い、徒遣い、無駄使い、無駄づかい. Readings: むだづかい.
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “squandering”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 散財 | さんざい sanzai | extravagant spending; wasteful spending; splurging |
| 蕩尽 | とうじん toujin | squandering; dissipation |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 無料 | むりょう muryou | free (of charge); gratuitous |
| 無理 | むり muri | unreasonable; unnatural; unjustifiable |
| 無事 | ぶじ buji | safety; security; peace |
| 無駄 | むだ muda | futility; waste; uselessness |
| 無線 | むせん musen | radio (communication) |
| 無理やり | むりやり muriyari | forcibly; by force; against one's will |
| 駄目 | だめ dame | no good; not serving its purpose; useless |
| 駄菓子 | だがし dagashi | penny candy; cheap individually wrapped sweets |
| 派遣 | はけん haken | dispatch; despatch; deployment |
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.