noun:

• giving something a try because one has nothing to lose - colloquialism - abbreviation ➜ 駄目で元々

noun:

• pack; horseload

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to spoil; to break; to go bad; to go wrong; to fail ➜ 駄目

expression:

• giving something a try because one has nothing to lose ➜ 駄目元

noun:

• no-good man; (male) loser - colloquialism

expression / noun:

• hanger-on; lackey; sycophant; snow stuck under a geta sandal [literal] - usu. in ref. to the smaller party in a coalition government - idiom - derogatory term

noun:

• poor poem

noun:

• no-good woman; (female) loser - colloquialism

noun:

• large cloth sack
• baggy trousers (worn in the late-Edo and early-Meiji periods by samurai while practising)

noun:

• trash; low-grade stuff

noun:

• packhorse; workhorse; hack

noun:

• Azuma geta; type of geta for women with a tatami mat insole ➜ 下駄【げた】

noun:

• filling neutral points (in go); filling dame points

noun:

• low wooden clogs; komageta

noun:

• unmanageable child; spoiled child (spoilt); spoiled brat

noun:

• Skanda (swift-footed guardian deity) - Buddhism term
• great runner

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to render futile; to bring to naught; to waste; to not make good use of

noun:

• useless; waste of time and effort; pointless; vain efforts

adjectival noun:

• entirely useless; completely worthless ➜ 駄目

interjection:

• no no; don't! ➜ 駄目

noun / ~する noun:

• stocking up on; hoarding

noun / ~する noun:

• visit for no reason; go on fool's errand

noun:

• residential building in which the first floor is occupied by businesses

noun:

• ne'er-do-well; waster; idler; good-for-nothing

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• making doubly sure
• insurance run (baseball); points scored for good measure - Sports term

noun / ~する noun:

• gossip; idle talk; chat