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駄目

だめ

usually kana

Readings

だめダメだーめ

Meanings

  1. 1.
    adj-na, nno good; not serving its purpose; useless; broken
  2. 2.
    adj-na, nhopeless; wasted; in vain; purposeless
  3. 3.
    adj-na, ncannot; must not; not allowed
  4. 4.
    nneutral point; intersection owned by neither player at the end of a game
  5. 5.
    intno!; stop!

Kanji breakdown

駄
N514 strokesGrade 8
目
N25 strokesGrade 1

Example sentences

去年はジョギングシューズを２足駄目にした。

I wore out two pairs of jogging shoes last year.

もうだめだ。

It's all over.

夜遅くまで起きていては駄目だよ。

Don't sit up late at night.

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no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not

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