What does だめ mean?
だめ is a Japanese adjective meaning “useless, no good, hopeless” in English. It can also be translated as “hopeless, cannot, neutral point” depending on context. It is written as だめ in hiragana, and dame in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N4 vocabulary.
Example sentence
もうだめだ。
It's all over.
Conjugation of だめ
| Affirmative | Negative | |
|---|---|---|
| Plain | だめ | だめじゃない |
| Plain past | だめだった | だめじゃなかった |
| Polite | だめです | だめではありません |
| Polite past | だめでした | だめではありませんでした |
Other forms
Attributiveだめな
Te-formだめで