駄目元

だめもと ダメもと

giving something a try because one has nothing to lose

駄目駄目

だめだめ ダメダメ

entirely useless, completely worthless

駄々

だだ ダダ

tantrum, fretting

駄目

だめ ダメ

no good, not serving its purpose, useless, broken

元々

もともと

originally, by nature, from the start

目元

めもと

eyes, expression of the eyes

駄々っ子

だだっこ

unmanageable child, spoiled child (spoilt), spoiled brat

駄目詰め

だめづめ

filling neutral points; filling dame points

駄目を押す

だめをおす

to make sure, to make doubly sure

駄目になる

だめになる

to spoil, to break, to go bad, to go wrong, to fail

駄々をこねる

だだをこねる

to be unreasonable; to whine; to throw a tantrum

目元千両

めもとせんりょう

beautiful eyes, bright-eyed, there being a sublime charm about one's eyes

駄

だ た

poor, low-grade, trivial, insignificant, worthless

目元千両口元万両

めもとせんりょうくちもとまんりょう

(woman with) beautiful eyes and mouth

駄文

だぶん

poor piece of writing

雪駄

せった せきだ せちだ せった・げた

leather-soled sandals (geta)

無駄

むだ

futility, uselessness, pointlessness

駄犬

だけん

mongrel, cur

駄句

だく

poor poem