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jmdict 1530940 Active (id: 1904255)
無用 [ichi1,news1,nf13]
むよう [ichi1,news1,nf13]
1. [adj-na,n]
▶ useless
▶ futile
2. [adj-na,n]
▶ unnecessary
▶ needless
3. [adj-na,n]
▶ not on business
▶ unrelated
▶ unauthorised
▶ unauthorized
4. [adj-na,n]
▶ prohibited
▶ banned
▶ forbidden



History:
3. A 2014-09-26 12:52:26  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
GG5 has "without business" for sense 3, which is not great.
2. A* 2014-09-26 10:09:22 
  Comments:
'authorized personnel only' seems to be the usual english phrase for sense 3.
or possibly 'no trespassing'
  Diff:
@@ -32,0 +33,2 @@
+<gloss>unauthorised</gloss>
+<gloss>unauthorized</gloss>
1. A* 2014-09-26 09:31:38  Marcus Richert
  Refs:
daijs eij
  Comments:
can't come up with a good translation for sense 3.
in daijs and eij:
"無用の者立ち入り禁止。
No admittance except on business.《掲》"
  Diff:
@@ -19 +18,0 @@
-<pos>&adj-no;</pos>
@@ -21,3 +20,20 @@
-<gloss>futility</gloss>
-<gloss>needlessness</gloss>
-<gloss>unnecessariness</gloss>
+<gloss>futile</gloss>
+</sense>
+<sense>
+<pos>&adj-na;</pos>
+<pos>&n;</pos>
+<gloss>unnecessary</gloss>
+<gloss>needless</gloss>
+</sense>
+<sense>
+<pos>&adj-na;</pos>
+<pos>&n;</pos>
+<gloss>not on business</gloss>
+<gloss>unrelated</gloss>
+</sense>
+<sense>
+<pos>&adj-na;</pos>
+<pos>&n;</pos>
+<gloss>prohibited</gloss>
+<gloss>banned</gloss>
+<gloss>forbidden</gloss>

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