| Kanji | 勿体ない |
| Reading | もったいない |
| Romaji | mottainai |
| Meaning | wasteful |
| Part of Speech | i-adjective |
| JLPT Level | JLPT N3 |
食べ物を捨てるのは勿体ない。
Tabemono wo suteru no wa mottainai.
It's wasteful to throw away food.
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勿体ない (もったいない, mottainai) means "wasteful" in Japanese. It is a JLPT N3 vocabulary word.
勿体ない is pronounced "mottainai" in Japanese. The hiragana reading is もったいない.
勿体ない is a JLPT N3 word. JLPT N3 is the intermediate level with ~3,000 words.