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    3. 駄目

    駄目

    駄だ目め

    no good

    N3KMT9News #24+1CoreDaily LifeKanji Vocab19 strokes

    だめダメだーめ

    Noun, Adjective

    1.
    no good, not serving its purpose, useless, broken
    word usually written using kana alone
    2.
    hopeless, wasted, in vain, purposeless
    word usually written using kana alone
    3.
    cannot, must not, not allowed
    word usually written using kana alone

    Noun

    4.
    neutral point, intersection owned by neither player at the end of a game
    go

    Interjection

    5.
    no!, stop!
    word usually written using kana alone

    Stroke 0 / 19

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    それはもう駄だ目めだ。使つかえない。

    That's no good anymore. It's unusable.

    KMT4Daily Life
    夜よる遅おそくまでゲームをするのは、健けん康こうに駄だ目めだ。

    Playing games until late at night is bad for your health.

    KMT8Daily LifeGamesMedicine & Health
    どんなに努ど力りょくしても、結けっ果かが出でなければ全すべてが駄だ目めになる。

    No matter how much effort you put in, if there are no results, everything will be for naught.

    KMT9Core ConceptsEmotions & Psychology
    約やく束そくを破やぶるのは駄だ目めなことだ。信しん頼らいを失うしなう。

    Breaking promises is a bad thing. You lose trust.

    KMT9Daily LifeEmotions & Psychology
    この計けい画かくは、初しょ期き段だん階かいでいくつかの根こん本ぽん的てきな問もん題だいがあり、このままでは駄だ目めだと判 断 された。

    This plan had several fundamental problems in its initial stages, and it was judged that it would be no good as it was.

    KMT10Business & FinanceCore Concepts

    Kanji that make up this word

    駄
    burdensome・pack horse・horse load・send by horse・trivial…(1)
    目
    め・-め・ま-…(6)
    eye・class・look・insight・experience…(2)
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