Word Meaning 意味がない

いみがない imiganai

意味がない is read as いみがない (imiganai) and means useless.

Meaning

English

  1. useless
  2. no future in it
  3. doesn't make sense
  4. having no point

Reading

Kana

いみがない

Romaji

imiganai

Writing Variants

  • 意味が無い いみがない imi ga nai

Stroke Sequence

5 Characters • 32 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N4 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Rank 108124 Priority Q

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

意味ない

いみない

meaningless

意味合い

いみあい

implication

意味深い

いみぶかい

deeply meaningful

意味

いみ

meaning

意味不明

いみふめい

of uncertain meaning

意味上の主語

いみじょうのしゅご

sense subject

意味が通る

いみがとおる

to be comprehensible

意味不

いみふ

of uncertain meaning

意味が通じる

いみがつうじる

to be comprehensible

Example Sentences

10

I don't think it worthwhile doing such a thing.

Some sentences don't make sense. So what?

The threat increases; a defence that doesn't evolve is meaningless.

"There's no meaning. There's no purpose." "What do you mean?"

I have lost interest in studying, so I don't think there is any point in going to college.

There is nothing better than cheap, but "cheap and nasty"? Well, that is pointless, don't you agree?

A trip to Hokkaido is not a trip to Hokkaido unless you try the seafood.

You won't make any progress just studying on the weekends. It's meaningless unless you do it every day.

It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: the music is nothing if the audience is deaf.

"I'm in shock because I think that I have lost one of my earphones." "You should have probably linked them together beforehand." "But then what's the point of them being wireless?"