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Last Updated:2026/07/27
Sentence

It feels beyond me to drink such an expensive wine.

Related words

もったいない

Kanji
勿体無い
Adjective

unworthy of (something); wasteful; sacrilegious; too good to waste

It feels beyond me to drink such an expensive wine.

Word Forms

The basic and commonly used forms of this adjective.

Basic forms
Form Word form Usage
Imperfective form (mizenkei) Used in forms such as karou; mainly literary.
Continuative form (renyokei)
Alternative: もったいなかっ
Used in forms such as kute and kunai.
Conclusive form (shushikei)
Alternative: 勿体ない
Ends a sentence.
Attributive form (rentaikei)
Alternative: 勿体ない
Modifies a noun.
Conditional form (kateikei) Expresses a condition with kereba.
Imperative form (meireikei) Rarely used in modern Japanese.
Common forms
Form Word form Usage
Te-form Connects clauses with kute.
Ta-form Expresses the past with katta.
Nai-form Expresses negation with kunai.
Ba-form Expresses a condition with kereba.
Notes
  • 「勿体ない」は仮名書き「もったいない」も一般的です。
  • 語幹末尾が「ない」に見えますが、全体でイ形容詞として活用します。

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