JLPT N3 · Kana adjectives & descriptions

くだらない

worthless; silly

Stroke order of くだらない

5 characters, 15 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

く · 1 strokes だ · 6 strokes ら · 2 strokes な · 4 strokes い · 2 strokes

Memory trick

KUDARANAI — 'cooed around, nighty': silly talk that leads nowhere, worthless.

Parts: i-adjective; used to dismiss silly things

The characters in くだらない

くく — ku (1 strokes)
だだ — da (6 strokes)
らら — ra (2 strokes)
なな — na (4 strokes)
いい — i (2 strokes)

Example sentence

くだらない話はやめて。

くだらないはなしはやめて。

Stop the silly talk.

More words: Kana adjectives & descriptions

もったいないwasteful; too good for たまらないunbearable; irresistible おとなしいquiet; well-behaved だらしないsloppy; slovenly みっともないshameful; unsightly そっくりexactly alike ぴったりperfectly; exactly めちゃくちゃmessy; absurd でたらめnonsense; random わがままselfish のんきeasygoing; carefree けちstingy ずるいsly; unfair

Learn to write it by hand

Bloomko is a free Android app: write characters stroke by stroke, practise with spaced repetition and get an AI tutor that works offline. Be the first to know when it launches.