JLPT N1 · な-adjective

台無し (dainashi)

台無し (だいなし, dainashi) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “spoiled; spoilt”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: だいなし
Romaji: dainashi
Word class: な-adjective
Level: JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

spoiled; spoilt; ruined; wasted (chance, etc.); messed up · な-adjective, noun · oft. as 〜になる or 〜にする

Example sentences

風やら雨やらで旅行は台無しだった。

What with the wind and the rain, our trip was spoiled.

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Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 台無し

な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	台無しだ	だいなしだ dainashida
Present (polite)	台無しです	だいなしです dainashidesu
Negative	台無しじゃない	だいなしじゃない dainashijanai
Past	台無しだった	だいなしだった dainashidatta
Negative past	台無しじゃなかった	だいなしじゃなかった dainashijanakatta
Te-form	台無しで	だいなしで dainashide
Before a noun	台無しな	だいなしな dainashina
Adverb (~ni)	台無しに	だいなしに dainashini

Kanji in 台無し

台

pedestal, a stand, counter for machines and vehiclesダイ・タイ・うてな・われ · 5 strokes

無

nothingness, none, ain'tム・ブ・な.い · 12 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 台無し.

台だいstand台所だいどころkitchen台風たいふうtyphoon舞台ぶたいstage (of a theatre, concert hall, etc.)寝台しんだいbed灯台とうだいlighthouse台詞せりふ(spoken) line (in a play, film, comic, etc.)土台どだいfoundation台本だいほんscript無くすなくすto lose (something)無理むりunreasonable無くなるなくなるto be lost (e.g. luggage)無むnothing有無うむexistence or nonexistence

Source: JMdict entry 1412770 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.