Vocabulary

What does 駄作 (ださく, dasaku) mean?

駄作 (ださく, dasaku) means a poor work, a flop (of art or writing).

Quick facts
Reading	ださく
Romaji	dasaku
Level (estimated, JLPT framework)	N1

駄作ださく

N1 · estimated, JLPT frameworkdasaku

a poor work, a flop (of art or writing)

Example sentences

あの映画(えいが)は期待外(きたいはず)れの駄作(ださく)だった。
That movie was a disappointing flop.
駄作(ださく)ばかり書(か)いていては読者(どくしゃ)が離(はな)れる。
If you keep writing only bad works, readers will drift away.