無用 (muyou)
無用 (むよう, muyou) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “useless; futile”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- むよう
- Romaji
- muyou
- Word class
- な-adjective
- Level
- JLPT N1 (unofficial)
Meaning
- useless; futile · な-adjective, noun
- unnecessary; needless · な-adjective, noun
- not on business; unrelated; unauthorised; unauthorized · な-adjective, noun
- prohibited; banned; forbidden · な-adjective, noun
Example sentences
あせって仕事を仕上げようとすれば、無用な間違いを犯す。
When we rush to complete our work, we make needless errors.
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 無用
な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Present (plain) | 無用だ | むようだ muyouda |
| Present (polite) | 無用です | むようです muyoudesu |
| Negative | 無用じゃない | むようじゃない muyoujanai |
| Past | 無用だった | むようだった muyoudatta |
| Negative past | 無用じゃなかった | むようじゃなかった muyoujanakatta |
| Te-form | 無用で | むようで muyoude |
| Before a noun | 無用な | むような muyouna |
| Adverb (~ni) | 無用に | むように muyouni |
Kanji in 無用
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 無用.
無くすなくすto lose (something)無理むりunreasonable無くなるなくなるto be lost (e.g. luggage)無むnothing有無うむexistence or nonexistence無視むしdisregarding無駄むだfutility無料むりょうfree (of charge)無しなしwithout無事ぶじsafety無ぶun-無限むげんinfinity無地むじplain無数むすうinnumerable
Source: JMdict entry 1530940 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.