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表層形
無駄食い
ムダグイ
名詞

無駄食い (ムダグイ)

Mudagui · むだぐい — eating between meals, wasteful eating habits, waste of resources; living idly, loafing one's way through life

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無駄食い in rōmaji: mudagui.

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Updated: 2026年8月4日
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表層形 (Surface)
無駄食い
読み (Reading)
ムダグイ
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無駄食い
読み・基本形
ムダグイ
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無駄食い
見出し語の読み
ムダグイ
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無駄食い means “eating between meals, wasteful eating habits, waste of resources; living idly, loafing one's way through life” — full definition & examples →

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