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68 word matches found for '駄' using reading 'だ'
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prefix
1. poor; low-grade; trivial; insignificant; worthless  (see also: 駄文)
noun (suffix), counter
2. load; pack; horse load  (see also: 一駄)
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Most common form: ダメ
1. no good; not serving its purpose; useless; broken  (often written with kana only)
2. hopeless; wasted; in vain; purposeless  (often written with kana only)
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futility; uselessness; pointlessness
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noun
cheap sweets
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Most common form: むだ遣い
wasting ... on (e.g. money); squandering; waste; frittering away
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Most common form: ダメ女
noun
no-good woman; (female) loser  (colloquialism)
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noun
useless member of society; hopeless case; failure
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Most common form: ダメ出し
noun
judging someone (negatively) and urging them to improve; finding fault (in somebody's work)  (slang)
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Most common form: ダメ男
noun
no-good man; (male) loser  (colloquialism)
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Most common form: ダダ
noun
tantrum; fretting  (see also: 駄駄を捏ねる)
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Most common form: ダメダメ
1. entirely useless; completely worthless  (see also: 駄目; often written with kana only)
interjection (kandoushi)
2. no no; don't!  (see also: 駄目; often written with kana only)
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Most common form: だだっ児
noun
unmanageable child; spoiled child (spoilt); spoiled brat
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noun
poor work; rubbish
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Most common form: ダツ
noun
Pacific needlefish (Strongylura anastomella)  (often written with kana only)
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noun
small-time candy store
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Most common form: 買い溜め
stocking up on; hoarding
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Most common form: ダベる
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
to jabber; to chatter; to chat with  (often written with kana only)
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expression, 'ru' godan verb
to come to nothing; to be in vain; to lead nowhere
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noun
chatter; idle talk  (see also: 無駄口)
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noun
giving something a try because one has nothing to lose  (see also: 駄目で元々; slang; abbreviation; often written with kana only)
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noun
living idly
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noun
blossom which fails to produce fruit; non-fruit-bearing flower  (see also: 徒花)
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gossip; idle talk; chat
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1. eating between meals; wasteful eating habits; waste of resources
2. living idly; loafing one's way through life  (see also: 無駄飯, 徒食)
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Most common form: むだにする
expression, suru verb - irregular
to render futile; to bring to naught; to waste; to not make good use of
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expression, 'ru' godan verb
to spoil; to break; to go bad; to go wrong; to fail  (see also: 駄目)
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expression, 'i' adjective
make good use of; make the most of  (see also: 無駄にする)
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noun
horse load
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noun
1. poor piece of writing
2. my poor writing  (humble)
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Most common form: むだ足
visit for no reason; go on fool's errand
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