駄目 (Dame) is a Japanese na-adjective meaning “no good, not serving its purpose, useless, broken”.
Meanings
- na-adjective, nounno good; not serving its purpose; useless; broken
- na-adjective, nounhopeless; wasted; in vain; purposeless
- na-adjective, nouncannot; must not; not allowed
- nounneutral point; intersection owned by neither player at the end of a game
- interjectionno!; stop!
Examples
もうだめだ。
It's all over.
絶対にダメだ。
Over my dead body.
彼女はもうだめだ。
It's all over with her.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).