台無し (Dainashi) is a Japanese na-adjective meaning “spoiled, spoilt, ruined, wasted (chance, etc.)”.
Meanings
- na-adjective, nounspoiled; spoilt; ruined; wasted (chance, etc.); messed up; destroyedoft. as 〜になる or 〜にする
Examples
この赤色で柄全体がだいなしだ。
The red kills the whole pattern.
風やら雨やらで旅行は台無しだった。
What with the wind and the rain, our trip was spoiled.
風やら雨やらで、我々の散歩は台無しだった。
Our walk was spoiled by the wind and the rain.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).