もったいない: wasteful; more than one deserves, unworthy of — Japanese vocabulary
もったいない means "wasteful; more than one deserves, unworthy of". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.
もったいない
- Reading
- もったいない · mottainai
- Translation
- wasteful; more than one deserves, unworthy of
- Level
- JLPT N3
Example
とてもいい天気だから家の中にいるのがもったいない。
とてもいいてんきだからいえのなかにいるのがもったいない。
It's too sunny to stay inside.
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