► 名詞
意味 [(1)いみ] meaning: meaning rank: 1
☆ この文章の意味が分からない ⇨ I don’t understand the meaning of this sentence
☆ どういう意味ですか？ ⇨ What do you mean? What are you driving at?
意味 [(1)いみ] [意味が有る] meaning: meaning rank: 1
☆ そんなことをして何の意味があるのか分からない ⇨ I don’t understand what is the meaning, point, of doing something like that
意味 [(1)いみ] [意味が無い] meaning: meaning rank: 1
☆ そんな事をしても意味がない ⇨ It is meaningless to do something like that
意義 [(1)いぎ] meaning: meaning rank: 2
☆ ただ参加することに意義はない ⇨ Just participating doesn’t have any meaning
► 形容動詞
有意義 [(3)ゆういぎ] meaning: meaning rank: 3
☆ これは税金の有意義な使い方ではない ⇨ This is not a meaningful use of tax money