How to say meaningless in Japanese

いみないiminai Inflection

adjective:

  • meaningless; pointless

Example Sentences

ainoないnai人生jinseiなどnado全くmattaku無意味muimida
Life without love has no meaning.
多くookuno人間ningenにとってnitotte三角関数sankakukansuuwo学ぶmanabuことkotoha無意味muimiであるdearuようにyouni思えるomoeru
I think that for many people learning the trigonometric functions is meaningless.
脅威kyouiha変化henkashi続けるtsuzukeru進化shinkaできないdekinai防御bougyoha意味imigaないnai
The threat increases; a defence that doesn't evolve is meaningless.
いくらikurakiだけdakewo日本一nippon'ichiにしてもnishitemo中身nakamiga三流sanryuuやったらyattaraな~んna~nno意味imimoないnainちゃうchauno
The container may be the best in Japan, but if the contents are third class, then isn't it completely meaningless?
彼女のkanojono言葉kotobahaまったくmattaku無意味muimiだったdatta
What she said was completely meaningless.

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