- 1. [adj-na, n] no good; not serving its purpose; useless; broken (uk)
- 2. [adj-na, n] hopeless; wasted; in vain; purposeless (uk)
- 3. [adj-na, n] cannot; must not; not allowed (uk)
- 4. [n] {go} neutral point; intersection owned by neither player at the end of a game
- 5. [int] no!; stop! (uk)
Conjugation — Adjective (―na)
This word itself does not change -- these are forms of the copula だ ("to be") attached to it.
| Attributive (before a noun) | だめな | (damena) |
| Non-past, plain | だめだ | (dameda) |
| Non-past, polite | だめです | (damedesu) |
| Past, plain | だめだった | (damedatta) |
| Past, polite | だめでした | (damedeshita) |
| Negative, plain | だめじゃない | (damejanai) |
| Negative, polite | だめじゃないです | (damejanaidesu) |
| Past negative, plain | だめじゃなかった | (damejanakatta) |
| Past negative, polite | だめじゃなかったです | (damejanakattadesu) |
| Te-form | だめで | (damede) |
| Conditional (―nara) | だめなら | (damenara) |
Kanji in this word
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駄
burdensome, pack horse, horse load, send by horse, trivial, worthlessOn: ダ (da)、 タ (ta)
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目
eye, class, look, insight, experience, care, favorOn: モク (moku)、 ボク (boku)Kun: め (me)、 -め (-me)、 ま- (ma-)
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.