For pronunciation and definitions of <span class="searchmatch">勿</span><span class="searchmatch">體</span><span class="searchmatch">無い</span> – see the following entry. (This term, <span class="searchmatch">勿</span><span class="searchmatch">體</span><span class="searchmatch">無い</span>, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)...
spelled in kana, as もったいない. Inflection of 勿体<span class="searchmatch">無い</span> <span class="searchmatch">勿</span>(もっ)体(たい)無(な)い • (mottainai) what a waste, what a shame “勿体<span class="searchmatch">無い</span>”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten][1] (in...