Keyword
low quality
Info
FrequencyTop 500-600
Type
Jōyō 
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KankenLevel Pre-2
Heisig2140
Readings
(98%)
(1%)
Composed of
horse
plump
Used in vocabulary (122 in total)
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
to render futile; to bring to naught; to waste; to not make good use of
Examples (147 in total)
You must do it yourself.
Don't sleep with the windows open.
Don't play in this room.
Don't go near the dog.
This day was just a waste of time and money.
There is no use waiting for her any longer.
It's useless to keep on thinking any more.
It is no use reading such a book.
It is useless to discuss the matter any further.
It's a waste.
Much time was wasted.
It's no use waiting for him to come.
It is no use talking to him. He never listens.
It is no use asking him again.
Don't you think it of no use worrying about what will happen tomorrow?
It's no use.
There is no point in studying if you are feeling tired.
It's no use telling me anything.
It's no use trying to escape.
It is no use trying to convince him of that.
It's useless talking to him.
All his efforts were useless.
All their efforts were in vain.
Their efforts were not for nothing.
It is no use trying to solve this problem.
She waited for her lover at the train station, but in vain.
It is no use trying again.
He tried it again, but in vain.
We need rules!
It is no use making an excuse like that.
There's no use making excuses.
You have to do it now.
I think exams are ruining education.
You shouldn't rely on other people's help.
It's no use asking him for help.
It was no use trying to take her to the hospital.
It's no use trying to persuade the boy.
It is no use your trying to persuade him.
It is no use trying to persuade him.
There's no use trying to persuade him.
It's no use trying to persuade her.
Don't give up hope.
Don't swim in that pond.
It is no use studying when you are sleepy.
It is no use talking with them any longer.
I would rather work for any company than waste another year.
Don't make noises when you eat soup.
Does this letter have to be written in English?
It is useless to try to persuade him to agree.
Threatening me is useless, I won't say anything.
It's no use arguing with him.
It is no use trying to argue with him.
It's no use arguing with her.
You can't go out.
The drowning man called for help, but in vain.
You must get rid of such a habit.
It is no use arguing with him about it.
He thought that there was no point in studying further in this field.
There is no use crying for help. No one will hear you.
Don't stay in the sun too long.
There is no use in asking him for assistance.
It is of no use to try to find him in the crowd.
We knocked at the door for five minutes, but in vain.
He tried in vain to convince them of his innocence.
Don't waste your time and money.
There is no time to lose.
The other one is no good.
The farmer regretted having wasted some wheat.
It's no use trying to fix it now.
You shouldn't stay up so late at night.
Don't stay up late at night.
All our attempts were in vain.
Don't forget to stir the stew.
We weren't wasting our time.
A lot of time was wasted.
All his efforts came to nothing.
All our efforts were without result.
I don't like to see food go to waste.
We shouldn't waste even one grain of rice.
It's no use complaining.
That meeting was a waste of time.
It'll be a waste of time if we wait for them any longer.
This is a waste of time.
The meeting, in short, was a waste of time.
That's a waste of time.
Reading it was a waste of time for me.
I think watching TV is a waste of time.
What I regret now is, rather, that I wasted time.
School is a waste of time.
I think it's a waste of time.
It's a waste of time to study when you're sleepy.
It's no use worrying about it. There's nothing you can do.
Tom thinks that sports are a waste of time.
Does Tom have to stay home today?
It's no use trying to persuade Tom.
It's no use trying to convince Tom.
It is no use arguing with him.
This AC unit wastes a lot of electricity.
This is a waste of time and money.
That was a waste of money.
Don't squander your newly earned money!
Because of his habit of wasting money, he couldn't get married.
She thought that he was wasting electricity.
Mother told me not to waste the money.
I won't waste it.
Stop wasting money.
Don't waste your money.
Please don't waste electricity.
Helping others is never a waste of time.
University is a waste of time.
It was a waste of time.
You must not stay up late.
I waste a lot of time daydreaming.
You must see a doctor.
You need to see a doctor.
Take care not to throw away this chance.
Had it not been for your advice he would have been ruined.
Packaging can actually prevent certain kinds of waste.
You must make up for lost time.
The candy store has closed.
I think my German is really bad.
It's no use for him to try to find out the real reason.
In this way, we waste a lot of time.
Don't waste any more time responding to that customer.
Don't waste Tom's time.
Tom is wasting time.
Do you think I'm wasting my time?
I don't want to waste your time.
I regretted having wasted a great deal of time.
He regrets having wasted his time.
Though he is young, he never wastes time.
Don't waste your time.
You must be careful not to waste time.
Let's hurry so as not to waste time.
My father doesn't waste his time.
We waste a lot of time.
She has to stop smoking.
You must stop smoking.
It is no use pretending you know nothing about it.
There's nothing that ruins life as much as premature ejaculation.
This is a pun.
"Tom and Mary" was truly an irredeemable piece of trash.
It's difficult to make up for wasted time.
In times of crisis one should never idealise the past.
Workaholics view holidays as a waste of time.
He tried to give up smoking last year, but it was in vain.
Taxpayers are angry about wasteful government spending.