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► 成句
駄目  [(2)だめ]  [駄目を押す]    meaning:  secure  rank: 3
☆ 彼等は三点目ゴールれてダメした ⇨ They scored the third goal and made the win unquestionable  (☛ Make an eventual win unquestionable)

► 形容動詞
駄目  [(2)だめ]  [coll]    meaning:  bad  rank: 1
☆ ああ、もうダメだ ⇨ Oh, I am doomed
☆ そういうだからあいつは駄目なんだ ⇨ He is not successful because that’s how he thinks
☆ めたら駄目ですよ ⇨ You should never give up

駄目  [(2)だめ]  [駄目になる]  [coll]    meaning:  fail  rank: 1
☆ 計画は駄目になった ⇨ The project failed, canceled

駄目  [(2)だめ]  [coll]    meaning:  no  rank: 1
☆ お世辞言っても駄目だ ⇨ Flattery doesn’t work here
☆ 仕事面接けたが駄目だった ⇨ I went for a job interview but didn’t get the job
☆ 医者救命しようとしたが駄目だった ⇨ Doctors tried to save him but he didn’t make it
☆ 頼んだが駄目だった ⇨ I asked him to no avail

駄目  [(2)だめ]  [駄目になる]  [coll]    meaning:  ruin  rank: 1
☆ スーツれて駄目になった ⇨ My suit got wet and ruined

► 感嘆詞
駄目  [(2)だめ]  [coll]  [peer]    meaning:  no  rank: 1
☆ おさん、これ買って。駄目 ⇨ Mom, will you buy this for me? No  (☛ Decline a request)
☆ 自転車借りてもいい?駄目 ⇨ Can I borrow your bicycle? No  (☛ Decline a request)


More examples:
  • こんなぬるま環境かっていては駄目だ ⇨ You will ruin yourself if you stay in an unchallenging, environment like this
  • そんなの駄目よ! ⇨ That doesn’t work, I won’t accept that!
  • 彼女でないと駄目だ ⇨ It won’t work for me unless it’s her. She’s the one for me
  • いたって駄目だ ⇨ I won’t change my mind even if you cry. Crying won’t do any good
  • あんまりくに行っちゃ駄目よ ⇨ It is not OK if you go too far. Don’t go too far
  • は駄目だとわれてもどこまでもがった ⇨ He was told no, but he didn’t back down and insisted
  • こんなに頼んでも駄目ならもういよ ⇨ If you still don’t agree after I had asked you this much, then so be it
  • もしかしたらくかと思ったが、やはり駄目だった ⇨ I thought maybe it might work, but it didn’t (as expected)
  • そんなに醤油ドバドバけたら駄目だよ ⇨ You shouldn’t pour that much soy sauce
  • あ、こりゃ駄目だわ ⇨ Oh, this ain’t working
  • もっとれて勉強しないと駄目じゃない? ⇨ I think you have to study more seriously
  • 安物だから駄目ということは全然ない ⇨ Cheap stuff won’t work, that’s not the case at all
  • 頑張ったが駄目だった ⇨ I tried so hard but it didn’t work
  • そう簡単にへこたれるようじゃ駄目だ ⇨ You can’t be discouraged that easily
  • そんな甘ったるいえだから駄目なんだ ⇨ You fail because of your unrealistic way of thinking