JLPT N1 · Noun

駄作 (dasaku)

駄作 (ださく, dasaku) is a Japanese noun meaning “poor piece of work; rubbish”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists.

Reading: ださく
Romaji: dasaku
Word class: Noun
Level: JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

poor piece of work; rubbish; trash · noun

Example sentences

どうせ駄作だろうと思っていたのだけど、どっこいなかなかいい本だった。

I was expecting it to be a bad book, but damn me if it wasn't quite good after all.

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

Kanji in 駄作

burdensome, pack horse, horse loadダ・タ · 14 strokes

make, production, prepareサク・サ・つく.る・つく.り · 7 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 駄作.

無駄むだfutility下駄げたgeta無駄遣いむだづかいwaste (of money, time, etc.)作文さくぶんwriting (an essay, prose, etc.)作るつくるto make作さくwork (e.g. of art)作法さほうmanners作業さぎょうwork作品さくひんwork (e.g. book, film, painting, composition)作物さくもつcrop作家さっかauthor作曲さっきょくcomposition (of music)操作そうさoperation傑作けっさくmasterpiece

Source: JMdict entry 1409040 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.