Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb
idle talk; chit-chat; gossip
あの老人たちは街角に無駄話をしに行くのが好きだ。The old men like to meet on the street corner just to shoot the bull.
Also written むだ話【むだばなし】、徒話【むだばなし】
Characters in this word
3無
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Dictionary and index codes (33)
| Code | Reference |
|---|---|
| 2-2-10, 2-8-4 | SKIP code |
| 4d8.8 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 8033.1 | Four corner code |
| 2340 | deroo |
| 7121 | Unicode hex code |
| 1-44-21 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 2773 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 3439 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2135 | New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2648 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1351 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1832 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1775 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1913 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 227 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1789 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 386 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 19113 | Morohashi |
| 796 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 93 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 93 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 723 | sakade |
| 715 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 620 | henshall3 |
| 600 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 179 | crowley |
| 400 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1280 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1791 | Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette) |
| wu2, mo2 | Pinyin reading |
| mu | Korean reading |
| n2 | JLPT level (KANJIDIC2) |
| 17 | WaniKani level |
駄
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Dictionary and index codes (28)
| Code | Reference |
|---|---|
| 1-10-4 | SKIP code |
| 10a4.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 7433.0 | Four corner code |
| 3463 | deroo |
| 99c4 | Unicode hex code |
| 1-34-44 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5198 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 6734 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1821 | New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2291 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1183 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1617 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1986 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2140 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1591 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 44633 | Morohashi |
| 1541 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1880 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 2046 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1909 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1744 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1610 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1917 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2005 | Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette) |
| tuo2, duo4 | Pinyin reading |
| tae, ta | Korean reading |
| n1 | JLPT level (KANJIDIC2) |
| 50 | WaniKani level |
話
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
Dictionary and index codes (33)
| Code | Reference |
|---|---|
| 1-7-6 | SKIP code |
| 7a6.8 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 0266.4 | Four corner code |
| 3077 | deroo |
| 8a71 | Unicode hex code |
| 1-47-35 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 4358 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 5608 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1527 | New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1928 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1027 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1388 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 344 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 368 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 133 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 180 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 35441 | Morohashi |
| 221 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 238 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 238 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 151 | sakade |
| 86 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 240 | henshall3 |
| 229 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 125 | crowley |
| 178 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 2.2 | busy_people |
| 1684 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 350 | Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette) |
| hua4 | Pinyin reading |
| hwa | Korean reading |
| n5 | JLPT level (KANJIDIC2) |
| 8 | WaniKani level |