This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

無用

Reading

Kana: むよう
Romaji: muyou
Kana
Romaji

Definitions

1

useless; futile

2

unnecessary; needless

3

not on business; unrelated; unauthorised; unauthorized

4

prohibited; banned; forbidden

Kanji

Readings: ム、 ブ、 な.い
Meanings: nothingness, none, ain't, nothing, nil, not
Readings: ヨウ、 もち.いる
Meanings: utilize, business, service, use, employ

Example Sentences

無用(むよう)()()禁止(きんし)
➥No admittance except on business.
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(わたし)のためにご心配(しんぱい)はご無用(むよう)(ねが)います。
➥Please don't take any trouble on my account.
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電気(でんき)のために、ろうそくは我々(われわれ)生活(せいかつ)にほとんど無用(むよう)になった。
➥Electricity made candles of little use in our life.
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自然(しぜん)(なか)には無用(むよう)なものは(なに)もない。
➥There is nothing useless in nature.
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あせって仕事(しごと)仕上(しあ)げようとすれば、無用(むよう)間違(まちが)いを(おか)す。
➥When we rush to complete our work, we make needless errors.
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ジョンは、その不誠実(ふせいじつ)なセールスマンが、(かれ)をだまして無用(むよう)機械(きかい)()わせたと主張(しゅちょう)した。
➥John claimed that the dishonest salesman had tricked him into buying a useless piece of machinery.
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