If you give up, the game is over right then and there. Please don't say it's no good.
駄
burdensome, pack horse, horse load, send by horse, trivial, worthless
Kanji
Grade
Grade 8
Strokes
14 strokes
Radical
馬部
On'yomi (Chinese Reading)
ダ, タ
Common Readings
ダ
Example sentences
The effort was wasted.
You shouldn't waste youthful energy.
I don't want to waste this hard-earned chance.
The plan I had worked hard to prepare all went to waste because of the rain.
Arguing with him is just a waste of time.
She always makes a budget so as not to waste money.
After all his extravagance, this is the state he's in.
When I arrived at school, I put my shoes in the shoe locker with my name on it.
Example Vocabulary
駄目
no good; useless; forbidden; impossible
無駄
waste; uselessness; futility; in vain
無駄にする
to waste; to make useless
無駄になる
to go to waste; to be in vain; to come to nothing
時間の無駄
waste of time
無駄遣い
wasteful spending; squandering (money)
駄々をこねる
下駄箱
shoe cupboard; shoe rack; shoe locker
駄目になる
無駄話
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