無駄話 - mudabanashi | eevy Japanese Dictionary

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Example Sentences

あの老人ろうじんたちは街角まちかどに無駄話むだばなしをしに行いくのが好すきだ。

ano rōjintachiwa machikadoni mudabanashio shini iku noga sukida.

The old men like to meet on the street corner just to shoot the bull.

18 Variants Available

Essential 9 items

無駄話むだばなしじゃない

mudabanashijanai

The negative form

1. Not idle chatter.; Not pointless talk.

Noun

#226486

無駄話むだばなしだった

mudabanashidatta

The past form

1. It was idle talk.; It was pointless chatter.

Noun

#226512

無駄話むだばなしで

mudabanashide

て-form: Used to connect clauses, make requests, or chain actions

1. With idle chatter; About trivial talk

Noun

#230161

無駄話むだばなしの

mudabanashino

Attributive form: modifies a following noun

1. Idle talk; Nonsense

Noun

#228252

無駄話むだばなしじゃありません

mudabanashijārimasen

The polite negative form

1. It's not idle chatter.; It's not small talk.

Noun

#230131

無駄話むだばなしじゃないです

mudabanashijanaidesu

The polite negative form

1. It's not small talk.; It's not idle chatter.

Noun

#224162

無駄話むだばなしでした

mudabanashideshita

The polite past form

1. It was idle chatter.; It was pointless talk.

Noun

#229450

無駄話むだばなしです

mudabanashidesu

The polite form

1. Idle chatter.; Nonsense.

Noun

#223820

無駄話むだばなしではありません

mudabanashidewārimasen

The polite negative form

1. It is not idle chatter.; It is not frivolous talk.

Noun

#227450

Common 6 items

無駄話むだばなしじゃなかった

mudabanashijanakatta

The past negative form

1. Wasn't idle chatter.; Wasn't nonsense.

Noun

#228863

無駄話むだばなしだろう

mudabanashidarō

Expresses probability ("probably…")

1. Probably idle chatter.; Probably pointless talk.

Noun

#225448

無駄話むだばなしじゃありませんでした

mudabanashijārimasendeshita

The polite, past negative form

1. It wasn't idle chatter.; It wasn't pointless talk.

Noun

#222415

無駄話むだばなしじゃなかったです

mudabanashijanakattadesu

The polite, past negative form

1. It wasn't small talk.; It wasn't idle chatter.

Noun

#226054

無駄話むだばなしでしょう

mudabanashideshō

Expresses probability in a polite manner ("probably…")

1. Probably just chatter.; Probably idle talk.

Noun

#229645

無駄話むだばなしではありませんでした

mudabanashidewārimasendeshita

The polite, past negative form

1. It was not idle chatter.; It was not frivolous talk.

Noun

#229917

Advanced 3 items

無駄話むだばなしだったら

mudabanashidattara

The "-tara" conditional form ("if/when…")

1. If it's idle chatter; If it's just talk

Noun

#223566

無駄話むだばなしであれば

mudabanashideareba

The "-eba" conditional form ("if/when…")

1. If it's idle chatter; If it's pointless talk

Noun

#230705

無駄話むだばなしなら

mudabanashinara

The "-nara" conditional form ("if/when…")

1. If it's idle chatter; If it's small talk

Noun

#225791

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