LingakuFrequency rank: 923. – 924. (for form ダメ: 735. – 736.)
- no good; not serving its purpose; useless; brokenword usually written using kana alone
- hopeless; wasted; in vain; purposelessword usually written using kana alone
- cannot; must not; not allowedword usually written using kana alone
- neutral point (in go); intersection owned by neither player at the end of a game
adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi); noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Forms
Generated definitions (experimental)
- no good; not serving its purpose; useless; broken
- hopeless; wasted; in vain; purposeless
- cannot; must not; not allowed
- neutral point (in go); intersection owned by neither player at the end of a game
This meaning describes something that does not meet the required standards or expectations, essentially indicating that it is not functional or fails to serve its intended purpose.
Here, it implies a sense of futility or lack of hope regarding a situation or effort, suggesting that the actions taken are unlikely to yield any positive outcome.
This usage conveys prohibition or restriction, indicating something that is not permitted or should not be done.
In this context, it refers to specific terminology in the game of Go, denoting spaces on the board that are not controlled by either player.
Generated collocations (experimental)
だめ駄目だit's no goodだめ駄目なことa no-good thingだめ駄目なさいんサインa useless signだめになった駄目になったbecame uselessだめ駄目とゆう言うto say it's no goodだめ駄目なひと人a hopeless personだめ駄目なけっか結果a wasted resultだめ駄目とわかる分かるto realize it's no goodだめ駄目なこころみ試みa futile attemptだめ駄目なじょうたい状態a broken stateだめ駄目だとはいわない言わないto not say it's no goodだめ駄目をだす出すto declare (something) no goodいっては行ってはいけないだめ駄目なことthings that must not be doneさいしょ最初からだめ駄目だったit was no good from the start
Wiktionary definitions (experimental)
- しゅうきょく終局じ時に、どちらのじんち陣地でもないりょういき領域．.
- かいぜん改善すべきてん点のしてき指摘．.
- うまくいかないこと．.
- よくない．.ていど程度がひくい低い．.
- うまくいかない．.できない．.
- みこみ見込みがない．.ぜつぼうてき絶望的だ．.
- きんし禁止されている．.おうじられない応じられない．.
- つかいもの使い物にならない．.やくにたたない役に立たない．.こわれた壊れた．.
- ねじやまネジ山がだめになってしまった駄目になってしまった．.
- しゃいん社員をだめ駄目にするかいしゃ会社のとくちょう特徴．.
- ひと人をだめダメにするそふぁソファきごう（あまりにここちよい心地よいためほか他のことをするいよく意欲をうばう奪う、といったいみ意味きごう）
- ならない．.いけない．.
Example sentences
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3. きごう「あの、かりんさん・・・、そろそろおひらきにしませんお開きにしませんかきごう？きごう」きごう「だめ駄目、かちにげ勝ち逃げきんし禁止きごう！こんど今度こそぼくボクがかつ勝つのきごう！きごう」
"Er, Karin ..., shouldn't we call it a night soon?" "No! No quitting while ahead! Next time I'll win for sure!"
Of course you can't say that it's worth nothing because it isn't perfect, so that doesn't mean that GTD is useless.
"You mustn't be late, OK?" "But if the teacher's late too it doesn't count, right?"
I've set the stage so now you just have to show some guts, OK?
That's no good! You're tall so you've got to be in the forward defence.
I can't leave this to others. I'm no lifesaver but if I don't help her myself....
You have an English test tomorrow, so don't get bogged down in your math homework tonight.