駄目

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Japanese

Etymology

Kanji in this term
駄 目
だ
Grade: S 		め
Grade: 1
jūbakoyomi

Originated as a Go term, 駄(だ) (da, “meaningless”) + 目(め) (me, “territory in a Go game”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

駄(だ)目(め) or 駄目(ダメ) • (dame) -na (adnominal 駄(だ)目(め)な (dame na), adverbial 駄(だ)目(め)に (dame ni))

  1. no good; useless; hopeless
    ダメ！
    Dame!
    No!
    ダメな人(ひと)／ダメ人間(にんげん)
    dame na hito／dame ningen
    hopeless person (scatterbrained, incapable, etc.)
    • 2014 July 9, Hideaki Sorachi, “第(だい)四百八十七訓(くん)　証(しょう)明(めい)写(しゃ)真(しん)は現(げん)実(じつ)の厳(きび)しさを証(しょう)明(めい)するもの”, in [銀](ぎん)[魂](たま) ([銀](ぎん)[魂](たま)), volume 55 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN:
      これだけ仕(し)事(ごと)を探(さが)し回(まわ)ってもダメのは　ひょっとして履(り)歴(れき)書(しょ)の写(しゃ)真(しん)写(うつ)りがダメなのかと思(おも)ってな　仕(し)事(ごと)を探(さが)す前(まえ)にまずいい証(しょう)明(めい)写(しゃ)真(しん)機(き)を探(さが)す事(こと)にした
      Kore dake shigoto o sagashimawatte mo dame no wa hyotto shite rirekisho no shashin'utsuri ga dame na no ka to omotte na shigoto o sagasu mae ni mazu ii shōmei shashinki o sagasu koto ni shita
      My job-hunting has been nothing but sucky. I think it could be because my resume photos are kinda sucky. So I figure I should go good-ID-photo-booth-hunting first and foremost before job-hunting.
      まずその考(かんが)え方(かた)がダメだろ
      Mazu sono kangaekata ga dame daro
      That line of thought you have first and foremost really sucks
    • 2012, “ばかみたい [Baka Mitai (I've Been A Fool)]”, in Ryosuke Horii (lyrics), Mitsuhara Fukuyama (music), Yakuza 5 OST (Video game soundtrack), Sega:
      ダメだね　ダメよ　ダメなのよ
      damedane dameyo damenanoyo
      I'm no good aren't I? No good, no good at all.
  2. inadvisable; not to be done
    触(さわ)っちゃダメだよ。
    Sawatcha dame da yo.
    You mustn't touch it.
    (literally, “If you touch, it's not advisable.”)

Inflection

Inflection of 駄目
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) 駄目だろ だめだろ dame daro
Continuative (連用形) 駄目で だめで dame de
Terminal (終止形) 駄目だ だめだ dame da
Attributive (連体形) 駄目な だめな dame na
Hypothetical (仮定形) 駄目なら だめなら dame nara
Imperative (命令形) 駄目であれ だめであれ dame de are
Key constructions
Informal negative 駄目ではない
駄目じゃない 		だめではない
だめじゃない 		dame de wa nai
dame ja nai
Informal past 駄目だった だめだった dame datta
Informal negative past 駄目ではなかった
駄目じゃなかった 		だめではなかった
だめじゃなかった 		dame de wa nakatta
dame ja nakatta
Formal 駄目です だめです dame desu
Formal negative 駄目ではありません
駄目じゃありません 		だめではありません
だめじゃありません 		dame de wa arimasen
dame ja arimasen
Formal past 駄目でした だめでした dame deshita
Formal negative past 駄目ではありませんでした
駄目じゃありませんでした 		だめではありませんでした
だめじゃありませんでした 		dame de wa arimasen deshita
dame ja arimasen deshita
Conjunctive 駄目で だめで dame de
Conditional 駄目なら（ば） だめなら（ば） dame nara (ba)
Provisional 駄目だったら だめだったら dame dattara
Volitional 駄目だろう だめだろう dame darō
Adverbial 駄目に だめに dame ni
Degree 駄目さ だめさ damesa

Synonyms

Noun

駄(だ)目(め) or 駄目(ダメ) • (dame) 

  1. (go)
    1. a territory that belongs to neither player when the game ends
    2. Synonym of 呼吸点

Usage notes

This term is usually written in katakana, as ダメ. It is seldom written in kanji.

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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