futility
waste (of money, time, etc.)
neutral point
geta
penny candy
だがしや
magasin de bonbons bon marché
small-time candy store
little something
big leakage
making doubly sure
だめもと
essayer, on n'a rien à perdre
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
げたスケート
patins faits de geta
geta with skating blades
げたとやきみそ
choses qui se ressemblent mais sont très différentes
things that look similar but are completely different
hanger-on
げたをあずける
laisser la décision à quelqu'un
to leave everything to (someone)
げたをはかせる
gonfler les chiffres
to inflate (figures)
clog shop
げたがけ
porter des sabots en bois
wearing wooden clogs
げたなおし
réparation de sabots
repairing clogs
shoe rack (in an entrance)
げたばん
protection pour sabots
toe guards on clogs
floatplane
げたばきじゅうたく
immeuble résidentiel avec commerces au rez-de-chaussée
residential building in which the first floor is occupied by businesses
pack
low wooden clogs
いうだけむだ
ça ne sert à rien de le dire
would be a waste of words
Azuma geta
taking the opportunity to do something
tall wooden clogs
たかあしだ
geta à hauts supports
geta with high supports
rough geta (e.g. made of Japanese cedar)
waste of time
じかんをむだにする
perdre son temps
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
les conseils des parents sont toujours utiles
always listen to your parents
crestfish (Lophotus capellei)
leather-soled sandals (geta)
high clogs
packhorse
tantrum
unmanageable child
to be unreasonable
horse's load
poor poem
mongrel
poor piece of work
pack animal
conveyance charge
Pacific needlefish (Strongylura anastomella)
packhorse
trash
my poor writing
foolish tale
to jabber
big talk
worthless book
だめでもともと
qui ne tente rien n'a rien
giving something a try because it will not do any harm
to spoil
to make sure
だめづめ
remplissage des points neutres
filling neutral points
entirely useless
feeble joke
baggy trousers (worn in the late-Edo and early-Meiji periods by samurai while practising)
じだんだをふむ
taper du pied (de frustration)
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 hauteur moyenne
medium height geta
garden clogs
lacquered geta
ひよりげた
geta pour beau temps
geta for wear in dry weather
low geta (once used when cleaning the garden)
stocking up on
make good use of
to render futile
to come to nothing
economical
むだをはぶく
éliminer le gaspillage
to eliminate waste
blossom which fails to produce fruit
wasted money
chatter
chatter
むだぐちをたたく
bavarder inutilement
to chatter pointlessly
wasted effort
to waste one's efforts
laboring in vain
dying in vain
dead time
むだぐい
manger sans travailler
living idly
visit for no reason
むだあしをふむ
se déplacer en vain
to go on a fool's errand
むだめし
vivre aux crochets des autres
living idly
ne'er-do-well
barking over nothing (of a dog)
idle talk
low geta made of willow
Skanda (swift-footed guardian deity)