駄目

だめ ダメ

no good, not serving its purpose, useless, broken

駄目元

だめもと ダメもと

giving something a try because one has nothing to lose

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

駄目で元々

だめでもともと ダメでもともと

giving something a try because one has nothing to lose

駄

だ

poor, low-grade, trivial, insignificant, worthless

下駄

げた せった・げた

geta, Japanese wooden clogs

雪駄

せった せきだ せちだ せった・げた

leather-soled sandals (geta)

駄作

ださく

poor work, rubbish

無駄

むだ

futility, uselessness, pointlessness

駄犬

だけん

mongrel, cur

一駄

いちだ

horse load

駄賃

だちん

reward, tip, carriage or horse charge

駄本

だほん

worthless book, meritless book

駄句

だく

poor poem

足駄

あしだ

high clogs, rain clogs

駄弁

だべん

foolish tale, nonsense

駄馬

だば だうま

packhorse, workhorse, hack