無駄遣い (むだづかい)waste (of money, time, etc.); squandering; frittering away

Kanji in 無駄遣い

• 無Nothingness; None; Ain'tRead with its on'yomi here
• 駄Burdensome; Pack Horse; Horse LoadRead with its on'yomi here · JLPT N1
• 遣Dispatch; Despatch; SendRead with its kun'yomi here · JLPT N1

Words that share its kanji

• 無料むりょうfree (of charge); gratuitous
• 無所属むしょぞくindependent (esp. in politics); non-partisan
• 無職むしょくwithout an occupation; unemployed
• 無理むりunreasonable; unnatural
• 無罪むざいinnocence; being not guilty
• 無線むせんradio (communication)
• 有無うむexistence or nonexistence; presence or absence
• 無償むしょうwithout compensation; without reward
• 無駄むだfutility; waste
• 駄目だめno good; not serving its purpose
• 下駄げたgeta; Japanese wooden clogs
• 駄菓子だがしcheap sweets
• 駄菓子屋だがしやsmall-time candy store
• いきがけの駄賃いきがけのだちんtaking the opportunity to do something; doing something incidentally
• お駄賃おだちんlittle something; reward
• ゆきがけの駄賃いきがけのだちんtaking the opportunity to do something; doing something incidentally
• 派遣はけんdispatch; despatch
• 小遣いこづかいpocket money; spending money