浪費ろうひ (rouhi)

waste, extravagance

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Meaning

浪費 (ろうひ, rouhi) is a JLPT N1 vocabulary word meaning “waste, extravagance”.

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Example sentences 12

エネルギーを 浪費ろうひするのはやめましょう

Let's stop wasting energy.

夏にエアコンをつけすぎて寒いなんて、電力浪費も甚だしい。

It's horrible that they feel cold in summer while overusing their air conditioner and wasting electricity.

現在の状況では、ともすると経済的な視点からの開発が先行し、貴重な資源を浪費したり、生活環境を損ないかねない。

Under the current circumstances, precedence will likely be given to economically-oriented development, and (consequently) problems such as the wasting of precious resources and the destruction of our living environment may take place.

あのくだらない小説はちょっと読んだだけでやめればよかったものを、なんと最後まで読んでしまった。全くの時間の浪費だった。

I should have stopped reading that cheap novel after a few pages, but believe it or not, I read it to the very end. It was an utter waste of time.