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もったいない
もったいない
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Wasteful; more than one deserves, unworthy of
mottainai
N2
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JLPT Level
N2
Upper-Intermediate · ~6,000 vocab · Natural speech
Kana
もったいない
Romaji
mottainai
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What does もったいない mean in Japanese?
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The word もったいない (もったいない) means "wasteful; more than one deserves, unworthy of" in Japanese. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary.
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もったいない is read as もったいない (romaji: mottainai). Press the 🔊 Hear it button to hear the pronunciation spoken aloud.
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もったいない is a JLPT N2 vocabulary item. Upper-Intermediate · ~6,000 vocab · Natural speech
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