無駄話

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Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 4

Grade: S
はなし > ばなし
Grade: 2
on'yomi kun'yomi

Etymology

From 無駄 (muda, useless) +‎ (hanashi, talk). The hanashi changes to banashi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Noun

()()(ばなし) (mudabanashi

  1. chatter, idle talk

Verb

()()(ばなし)する (mudabanashi surusuru (stem ()()(ばなし) (mudabanashi shi), past ()()(ばなし)した (mudabanashi shita))

  1. to shoot the breeze, yakety-yak
    喫茶店(きっさてん)友人(ゆうじん)無駄話(むだばなし)して()ごす
    kissaten de yūjin to mudabanashi shite sugosu
    chatting with friends at cafe to spend time

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN