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Must-use Japanese 勿体ない Mottainai

勿体 Mottai is a Buddhist term that means “the inherent value of something.” So when you negate it with “nai”, it means that something was put to waste without letting it realize its full potential 🥺. Mottainai.

The word also represents the melancholic feeling you feel when you witness a Mottainai moment.

Throwing away food without finishing it. Throwing away a gadget although it’s still functional. Mottainai 🥺.

On an important side note, Mottainai can also be used when you witness a fatal flaw of someone who would have been perfect had that flaw didn’t exist, like a good-looking guy or beautiful woman with bad breath 😂.

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