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
Go
4. neutral point; intersection owned by neither player at the end of a game
Usually written in kana
5. no!; stop!
Pitch accent
ダ
メ
Top 800
Composed of
poor; low-grade; load; pack; packhorse
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
Used in vocabulary (25 in total)
entirely useless; completely worthless; no no; don't!
criticizing; lambasting; pointing out faults; calling for a retake; ordering (someone) to redo something
useless member of society; hopeless case; failure
giving something a try because it will not do any harm
making doubly sure; points scored for good measure; insurance run (in baseball)
no-good man; (male) loser
no-good man; (male) loser
criticizing; lambasting; pointing out faults; calling for a retake; ordering (someone) to redo something
giving something a try because it will not do any harm
giving something a try because one has nothing to lose
no-good woman; (female) loser
giving something a try because it will not do any harm
giving something a try because one has nothing to lose
useless member of society; hopeless case; failure
no-good man; (male) loser
criticizing; lambasting; pointing out faults; calling for a retake; ordering (someone) to redo something
making doubly sure; points scored for good measure; insurance run (in baseball)
no-good man; (male) loser
no-good man; (male) loser
no-good man; (male) loser
giving something a try because one has nothing to lose
stocking up (on); hoarding
no-good woman; (female) loser
no-good woman; (female) loser
filling neutral points; filling dame points
Examples (24 in total)
You can't go out.
The other one is no good.
You must do it yourself.