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だめ
Meanings
Adjective (な)
Noun
Usually written in kana
1. no good; not serving its purpose; useless; broken
I ruined the mirror.
2. hopeless; wasted; in vain; purposeless
3. cannot; must not; not allowed
You mustn't push yourself too hard either.
Noun
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4. neutral point; intersection owned by neither player at the end of a game
Usually written in kana
5. no!; stop!
Alt. forms
ダメ
50%
駄だ目め
27%
だめ
21%
Pitch accent
だ
め
Top 1900
Used in: 3516
Composed of
poor; low-grade; load; pack; packhorse
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
Used in vocabulary (18 in total)
entirely useless; completely worthless; no no; don't!
to spoil; to break; to go bad; to go wrong; to fail
making doubly sure; points scored for good measure; insurance run (in baseball)
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Examples (48 in total)
You can't go out.
You must do it yourself.
It's no good, it's about to break.
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