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“Messed up” in Japanese

Short answer
台無し dainashi だいなし

Messed up in Japanese is “台無し” (dainashi). Full meaning: spoiled, spoilt, ruined, wasted (chance, etc.), messed up, destroyed, (coming to) nothing.

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