Keyword
wandering
Info
FrequencyTop 1800-1900
Type
Jōyō 
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KankenLevel 3
Heisig1580
Readings
ろう
(90%)
なみ
(6%)
なに
(2%)
Composed of
water drops
good
Used in vocabulary (76 in total)
waste; extravagance
ronin; masterless samurai; high school graduate waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination; person out of work; jobless person; (arch.) wanderer
wandering; roaming; drifting
Examples (27 in total)
I didn't pass while still in high school, so I spent a year studying to retake the exams.
It's an absolute waste of time to wait any longer.
It seems a waste of time to wait any longer.