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

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poor; low-grade; trivial; insignificant; worthless; load; pack; horse load; packhorse
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無駄

むだ
futility; uselessness; pointlessness
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駄目

だめ、ダメ
no good; not serving its purpose; useless; broken; hopeless; wasted; in vain; purposeless; cannot; must not; not allowed
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駄菓子

だがし
cheap sweets
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下駄

げた
geta; Japanese wooden clogs; turn (in set-type proofing); upside-down character
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駄洒落

駄じゃれ、駄酒落
だじゃれ、ダジャレ
feeble joke; bad pun
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段袋

駄袋
だんぶくろ
large cloth sack; baggy trousers (worn in the late-Edo and early-Meiji periods by samurai while practising)
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駄々っ子

駄駄っ子、だだっ子、駄々っ児、駄駄っ児、だだっ児
だだっこ
unmanageable child; spoiled child (spoilt); spoiled brat
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韋駄天

いだてん
Skanda (swift-footed guardian deity); great runner
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地団駄を踏む

じだんだを踏む
じだんだをふむ
to stamp one's feet (in frustration, impatience, etc.)