ダメ – Vocabulary details

ダメ

Meanings

Adjective (な)

Noun

Usually written in kana

1. no good; not serving its purpose; useless; broken

2. hopeless; wasted; in vain; purposeless

3. cannot; must not; not allowed

Noun

4. neutral point (in go); intersection owned by neither player at the end of a game

Alt. forms

Pitch accent

ダ

メ

Used in: 4463

Composed of

ダ

poor; low-grade; load; pack; packhorse

メ

eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice

Used in vocabulary (26 in total)

ダメダメ

entirely useless; completely worthless; no no; don't!

ダメ出だし

criticizing; lambasting; pointing out faults; calling for a retake; ordering (somebody) to redo something

ダメ人にん間げん

useless member of society; hopeless case; failure

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Examples (24 in total)

外がい出しゅつはだめダメですよ。

You can't go out.

もう一いっ方ぽうはだめダメです。

The other one is no good.

自じ分ぶんでやらなきゃだめダメだよ。

You must do it yourself.