LingakuFrequency rank: 15,437. – 15,491.
- waste; extravagance
noun (common) (futsuumeishi); noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru; transitive verb; nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
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It is not wise, nor in the long run is it kind, to tax the thrifty for the thriftless.
She turned out the light so as not to waste electricity.
She could not persuade him not to waste half an hour to save a few pennies.
She found the evening boring and uninteresting, in short, a waste of time.
She found the evening boring and uninteresting, in short, a waste of time.
When I look back on my life, I realize how much time I wasted.
Life being very short, we ought not to waste time.
Life being very short, you ought not to waste your time.