futility
waste (of money, time, etc.)
neutral point
geta
penny candy
だがしや
tienda de dulces baratos
small-time candy store
little something
big leakage
だめおし
asegurarse dos veces
making doubly sure
giving something a try because it will not do any harm
calling for a retake
no-good woman
useless member of society
no-good man
unwanted hair
horse load
geta with skating blades
げたとやきみそ
cosas que parecen similares pero son completamente diferentes
things that look similar but are completely different
hanger-on
げたをあずける
dejar todo en manos de alguien
to leave everything to (someone)
げたをはかせる
inflar las cifras
to inflate (figures)
clog shop
げたがけ
llevar zuecos de madera
wearing wooden clogs
げたなおし
reparación de zuecos
repairing clogs
shoe rack (in an entrance)
toe guards on clogs
floatplane
げたばきじゅうたく
edificio residencial con comercios en la planta baja
residential building in which the first floor is occupied by businesses
pack
low wooden clogs
いうだけむだ
sería inútil decirlo
would be a waste of words
Azuma geta
taking the opportunity to do something
tall wooden clogs
たかあしだ
geta con soportes altos
geta with high supports
rough geta (e.g. made of Japanese cedar)
waste of time
じかんをむだにする
perder el tiempo
to waste time
おやのいけんとなすびのはなはせんにひとつもむだはない
los consejos de los padres siempre son útiles
always listen to your parents
crestfish (Lophotus capellei)
leather-soled sandals (geta)
high clogs
packhorse
tantrum
unmanageable child
だだをこねる
hacer un berrinche
to be unreasonable
horse's load
poor poem
mongrel
poor piece of work
pack animal
conveyance charge
Pacific needlefish (Strongylura anastomella)
packhorse
だもの
mercancía de mala calidad
trash
だぶん
escrito de mala calidad
my poor writing
foolish tale
to jabber
big talk
worthless book
だめでもともと
intentar sin nada que perder
giving something a try because it will not do any harm
to spoil
to make sure
だめづめ
rellenar puntos neutros
filling neutral points
だめだめ
completamente inútil
entirely useless
feeble joke
だんぶくろ
pantalones bombachos
baggy trousers (worn in the late-Edo and early-Meiji periods by samurai while practising)
to stamp one's feet (in frustration, impatience, etc.)
to stamp one's feet (in frustration, impatience, etc.)
ちゅうげた
geta de altura media
medium height geta
garden clogs
lacquered geta
ひよりげた
geta para buen tiempo
geta for wear in dry weather
low geta (once used when cleaning the garden)
stocking up on
むだにしない
aprovechar al máximo
make good use of
to render futile
to come to nothing
economical
むだをはぶく
eliminar el desperdicio
to eliminate waste
むだばな
flor que no da fruto
blossom which fails to produce fruit
wasted money
chatter
chatter
to chatter pointlessly
wasted effort
to waste one's efforts
laboring in vain
dying in vain
dead time
living idly
visit for no reason
to go on a fool's errand
living idly
ne'er-do-well
barking over nothing (of a dog)
idle talk
low geta made of willow
Skanda (swift-footed guardian deity)