Keyword
wandering
Info
FrequencyTop 1700-1800
Type
Jōyō 
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KankenLevel 3
Heisig1580
Readings
ろう
(87%)
なみ
(8%)
なに
(3%)
Composed of
water drops
good
Used in vocabulary (71 in total)
waste; extravagance
ronin; masterless samurai; high school graduate waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination; person out of work; jobless person; (arch.) wanderer
Examples (26 in total)
It's an absolute waste of time to wait any longer.
It seems a waste of time to wait any longer.
I regret that I wasted the money.
That is a pure waste of time.
It's a waste of time and money.
It's certainly a waste of time.
I maintain that sports are a waste of time.
Life being very short, you ought not to waste your time.
Life being very short, we ought not to waste time.
When I look back on my life, I realize how much time I wasted.
What a waste of energy!
What a waste of water!
Students are apt to waste time.
She is not rich enough to waste money.
His parents' view was that he was wasting his earnings on a silly girl.
We are apt to waste time.
The waste of time and money is incredible.
You should not waste your time.
Don't waste your life on meaningless things.
I don't approve of your wasting time.
Young people are apt to waste time.
Some people think of reading as a waste of time.
He has been wandering over Europe for months.
He wasted that which he had received from his father.
Don't waste money on clothes, Julie. Save money!
We mustn't waste our energy resources.