だめ

• 読み: だめ
• ローマ字: dame
• 発音: /da.me/

意味

No good; useless; hopeless; must not. Used to express that something is unacceptable or will not work.

A na-adjective and noun with broad usage. Prohibition: ～してはだめ (must not do). Futility: 何をやってもだめだ (nothing works). Spoiled/broken: もうだめだ (it is no good anymore). One of the most frequently used negative evaluations in casual Japanese. Can be written だめ, ダメ, or 駄目, but hiragana and katakana are far more common.

例文

1. ここでタバコを吸ってはだめですよ。
2. 何回やってもだめだった。
3. この牛乳は古くなってもうだめだ。

使い方ガイド

場面: prohibition, evaluation, daily life

トーン: negative

起源と歴史

Written 駄目 in kanji. Originally a Go (board game) term referring to a point on the board that benefits neither player — a useless, neutral intersection. Extended to mean useless or no good in general.

文化的背景

時代: Edo period

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal