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駄

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駄だFreq #25322
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Prefix

poor; low-grade; trivial; insignificant; worthless

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Noun, used as a suffix; Counter

load; pack; horse load

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Common noun

packhorse

だめ駄目ダメFreq #1426
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Word usually written using kana alone; Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi); Common noun

no good; not serving its purpose; useless; broken

Examples
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.
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Word usually written using kana alone; Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi); Common noun

hopeless; wasted; in vain; purposeless

Examples
もうだめだ。
It's all over.
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Word usually written using kana alone; Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi); Common noun

cannot; must not; not allowed

Examples
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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Common noun; Go (game)

neutral point; intersection owned by neither player at the end of a game

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Word usually written using kana alone; Interjection

no!; stop!

駄々をこねる駄々を捏ねるだだをこねるExpressionIchidan verbFreq #16288
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Idiomatic expression

to be unreasonable; to whine; to throw a tantrum

Examples
あの子はいつもだだをこねている。
That child is always throwing tantrums.
駄目になるだめになるExpressionGodan verbFreq #18765
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to spoil; to break; to go bad; to go wrong; to fail

Examples
彼女のブーツは私のものよりずっと早くだめになる。
Her boots wear out much more quickly than mine.
だめだめ駄目駄目ダメダメUsually kanaFreq #19597
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Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)

entirely useless; completely worthless

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Interjection

no no; don't!

駄菓子屋だがしやNounFreq #28050
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small-time candy store; penny candy store

駄々っ子駄駄っ子だだっ子だだっこ駄々っ児駄駄っ児NounFreq #29153
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unmanageable child; spoiled child (spoilt); spoiled brat

だめもと (駄目元／駄目もと)駄目元駄目もとダメ元ダメもと (ダメ元)NounUsually kanaFreq #29490
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Colloquial; Abbreviation

giving something a try because it will not do any harm

《駄々》《駄駄》だだダダNounFreq #30535
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tantrum; fretting

駄菓子だがしNounFreq #30870
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penny candy; cheap individually wrapped sweets

駄賃だちんNounFreq #43423
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reward; recompense; tip

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conveyance charge; packhorse charge

駄犬だけんNounFreq #43481
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mongrel; cur; mutt

だべる駄弁るダベるIntransitiveUsually kanaGodan verbFreq #45591
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Colloquial

to jabber; to chatter; to chat with

Examples
ダベってないで仕事しろ。
Stop shooting the breeze and get to work!
駄作ださくNounFreq #46959
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poor piece of work; rubbish; trash

Examples
どうせ駄作だろうと思っていたのだけど、どっこいなかなかいい本だった。
I was expecting it to be a bad book, but damn me if it wasn't quite good after all.
だじゃれ駄洒落ダジャレNounUsually kanaFreq #47430
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feeble joke; poor joke; corny joke; bad pun

だつ駄津ダツNounUsually kanaFreq #48695
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Pacific needlefish (Strongylura anastomella)

駄馬だばだうまNounFreq #54132
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packhorse; workhorse; hack

駄目で元々ダメで元々だめでもともとダメでもともとExpressionFreq #65454
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giving something a try because it will not do any harm

駄目を押すだめをおすExpressionGodan verbFreq #86524
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to make sure; to make doubly sure

Examples
あいつまた待ち合わせの時間に遅れてくるかもしれないから、集合は７時だって駄目を押しておいてよ。
He's likely to be late so you'd better tell him again that the meeting time is seven to make double sure.
駄文だぶんNounFreq #88347
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poor piece of writing

2

Humble

my poor writing

Examples
私の駄文を見ていただきありがとうございます。
Thank you for looking at my poor scribblings.
駄弁だべん駄辯NounFreq #99712
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foolish tale; nonsense

駄法螺だぼらNounFreq #119722
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big talk; tall tale

駄句だくNounFreq #159185
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poor poem

駄荷だにNounFreq #201957
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horse's load

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