ださい
dasai
The phrase "you're lame" in Japanese is ださい (dasai).
ださい is a colloquial term used to describe someone or something as uncool, out of style, tacky or lacking aesthetic appeal.
How does it change in a sentence?
To express that something was lame in the past, use the form ださかった. To say that something is "too lame", you can add すぎる to the stem to create ださすぎる.
How do you pronounce it?
dasai
Did you know?
- In modern youth slang, ださい can be evolved into ださかわ, a portmanteau combining 'lame' and 'cute' to describe something that is charmingly tacky.
- Japanese fashionistas sometimes use the term あえてださい to describe 'intentionally lame' style, similar to the English 'ugly-chic' trend.
- The word ださい is thought by many to be a contraction of the phrase ださっそい, which stems from an older word for 'shabby' or 'unseemly'.
Examples in context
- その服、ちょっとださいよ。Sono fuku, chotto dasai yo.That outfit is a bit lame.
- そんな言い方、ださいよ。Sonna iikata, dasai yo.The way you say that is lame.
Example conversation
Yui and Yota are talking about Yota's new shoes.
- 結衣 Yuiその靴、ださいね。Sono kutsu, dasai ne.Those shoes are lame, aren't they?
- 陽太 Yotaえっ、かっこいいと思ったのに。E, kakkoii to omotta noni.What, but I thought they were cool.
- 結衣 Yui全然ださいよ。Zenzen dasai yo.They are totally lame.
- 陽太 Yotaもういいよ。Mou ii yo.Fine, forget it.
Sources
- Pronunciation: Wiktionary entry ださい, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
