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表層形
ださーい
ダサーイ
形容詞

ださーい (ダサーイ)

Dasaii · ださーい — uncool, lame, unfashionable, unstylish, tacky, tasteless, ugly, corny, pathetic (behaviour), sad

Other ways to say “uncool” in Japanese →

ださーい in rōmaji: dasaii.

形容詞 一般 * *
📝 ださい 🔤 形容詞 📐 終止形-一般
Updated: 2026年9月2日
📖 Grammar Information
表層形 (Surface)
ださーい
見出し語 (Lemma)
ださい
読み (Reading)
ダサーイ
品詞 (POS)
形容詞・一般・*・*
活用型 (Conj. Type)
形容詞
活用形 (Conj. Form)
終止形-一般
表記 (Orthography)
ださーい
読み・基本形
ダサーイ
表記・基本形
ださーい
見出し語の読み
ダサイ
How it's used

Used in casual speech to criticize something or someone as unfashionable, lame, or pathetic. Common among younger speakers in informal settings.

その服、ださーいよ。
Sono fuku, dasaii yo.
Those clothes are so lame.

ださーい!やめてよ。
Dasaii! Yamete yo.
That's so uncool! Stop it.

⚖️ Often confused with ダサい (dasai), but ださーい adds a drawn-out, emphatic tone for stronger expression.

💡 English Meaning

ださーい means “uncool, lame, unfashionable, unstylish, tacky, tasteless, ugly, corny, pathetic (behaviour), sad” — full definition & examples →

⭐ Dictionary Form

ださい (ダサイ) — main entry →

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Reading & Info
ダサーイ
Lemma: ださい
形容詞一般**
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⚡ 形容詞 (I-adjective) Inflections
丁寧形 (Polite)
ださいです
否定形 (Negative)
ださくない
過去形 (Past)
ださかった
て形 (Te-form)
ださくて
副詞形 (Adverbial)
ださく
仮定形 (Conditional)
ださければ
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The surface form (ださーい) is the exact text as it appeared in the corpus — it may be conjugated or inflected. The lemma (ださい) is the dictionary base form. For example, 食べた (surface) has the lemma 食べる.
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