- having no effect; waste of effortidiomatic expression
expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.); noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
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- having no effect; waste of effort
This phrase implies that an action or effort is pointless or ineffective, similar to trying to use something that's inherently unsuitable.
Generated collocations (experimental)
とうふにかすがい豆腐に鎹をうつ打つto make a futile effortむだになった無駄になったとうふにかすがい豆腐に鎹a wasted effort that has no effectとうふにかすがい豆腐に鎹をかけるto put a futile effortとうふにかすがい豆腐に鎹をつかう使うto use a worthless remedyむだ無駄などりょく努力をするto make a useless effortいみがない意味がないとうふにかすがい豆腐に鎹a meaningless endeavorとうふにかすがい豆腐に鎹のようなlike a waste of effort
Wiktionary definitions (experimental)
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