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だめ

だめdame

CommonAdjective

Meanings

Meanings are shown in English (JMdict).

  1. na-adjectivenoun

    no good; not serving its purpose; useless; broken

    usually written using kana alone

  2. hopeless; wasted; in vain; purposeless

    usually written using kana alone

    もうだめだ。

    • It's all over.

    Words:もうだめだ

    Verified
  3. cannot; must not; not allowed

    usually written using kana alone

    夜(よる)遅(おそ)くまで起(お)きていては駄(だ)目(め)だよ。

    • Don't sit up late at night.
    • Don't stay up late at night.
    Other translations (4)
    • It's not good to stay up late at night.
    • It isn't good to stay up late at night.
  4. noun

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

    go (game)

    囲(い)碁(ご)の最(さい)終(しゅう)的(てき)な得(とく)点(てん)を決(き)める際(さい)、両(りょう)者(しゃ)が争(あらそ)わない中(ちゅう)立(りつ)の点(てん)は「駄(だ)目(め)」と呼(よ)ばれる。

    • When determining the final score in Go, the neutral points that are not contested by either side are called "dame".
  5. interjection

    no!; stop!

    usually written using kana alone

    だめ、触(さわ)らないで!

    • No! Don't touch it!

    Words:だめ触(さわ)る

    Verified

Example sentences 287

もうだめだ。

  • It's all over.

Words:もうだめだ

Verified

夜(よる)遅(おそ)くまで起(お)きていては駄(だ)目(め)だよ。

  • Don't sit up late at night.
  • Don't stay up late at night.
Other translations (4)
  • It's not good to stay up late at night.
  • It isn't good to stay up late at night.

いや駄(だ)目(め)です。

  • No, you may not.

Words:いやだめです

だめ、行(い)かないで。

  • No, don't go yet.
  • No, don't go.

Words:だめ行(い)くで

何(なん)ていわれてもダメ!

  • I don't care what you say. It's not going to happen!
  • It's out of the question!
Other translations (3)
  • No matter what you say, the answer is "no."

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