Japanese dictionary

Dictionary: “だめ”

駄目

だめ

no good; not serving its purpose; useless; broken

Example sentence

I wore out two pairs of jogging shoes last year.

Kanji details

Kun/On information

駄
On
だ;た
Kun
—
Stroke count
14

・burdensome

・pack horse

・horse load

・send by horse

・trivial

・worthless

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目
On
もく;ぼく
Kun
め;-め;ま-
Stroke count
5

・eye

・class

・look

・insight

・experience

・care

・favor

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Related words to 駄目

26 related words

駄目

だめ

→

hopeless;wasted;in vain;purposeless

駄目

だめ

→

cannot;must not;not allowed

駄目

だめ

→

neutral point;intersection owned by neither player at the end of a game

駄目

だめ

→

no!;stop!

だめんず

だめんず

→

good-for-nothing man (as a partner);no-hoper

ダメ押し

だめおし

→

making doubly sure

駄目駄目

だめだめ

→

entirely useless;completely worthless

駄目詰め

だめづめ

→

filling neutral points;filling dame points

駄目で元々

だめでもともと

→

giving something a try because it will not do any harm

駄目になる

だめになる

→

to spoil;to break;to go bad;to go wrong;to fail

ダメ人間

だめにんげん

→

useless member of society;hopeless case;failure

駄目元

だめもと

→

giving something a try because it will not do any harm

駄目を押す

だめをおす

→

to make sure;to make doubly sure

舵面

だめん

→

control surface

ダメ押し

だめおし

→

points scored for good measure;insurance run (in baseball)

駄目駄目

だめだめ

→

no no;don't!

駄目押し

だめおし

→

making doubly sure

駄目女

だめおんな

→

no-good woman;(female) loser

駄目出し

だめだし

→

criticizing;lambasting;pointing out faults;finding fault

ダメで元々

だめでもともと

→

giving something a try because it will not do any harm

駄目人間

だめにんげん

→

useless member of society;hopeless case;failure

駄目もと

だめもと

→

giving something a try because it will not do any harm

駄目押し

だめおし

→

points scored for good measure;insurance run (in baseball)

駄目出し

だめだし

→

calling for a retake;ordering (someone) to redo something

駄目男

だめお

→

no-good man;(male) loser

駄目男

だめおとこ

→

no-good man;(male) loser