Waste

"Waste" in Japanese

不必要

fuhitsuyō

(superfluous; needless)

無駄

muda

(excess)

荒れた

areta

(barren)

ゴミ

gomi

(useless by-products, garbage)

浪費

rōhi

(action of wasting, ineffective use)

無駄

muda

(action of wasting, ineffective use)

無駄使い

muda-zukai

(action of wasting, ineffective use)

fun

(excrement or urine)

荒れ地

arechi

(wasteland, desolate region)

ふいにする

fui ni suru

(to squander)

潰す

tsubusu

(to destroy — see also devastate, lay waste)

無駄にする

muda ni suru

(to squander)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.