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勿体無い

勿体無い

Japanese

Kanji in this term
もち > もっ
Jinmeiyō
たい
Grade: 2

Grade: 4

Adjective

勿体無い (-i inflection, hiragana もったいない, romaji mottainai)

  1. unworthy of (something); wasteful; sacrilegious

Usage notes

  • Usually written in kana only
  • Often used as an interjection, meaning roughly “Oh, what a waste!”

Inflection