[やみ, yami] (n, adj-no) (1) darkness; the dark; dark; (2) bewilderment; despair; hopelessness; (3) black-marketeering; shady; illegal; under-the-table; (P) #3351
[ぜつぼう, zetsubou] (n, vs, adj-no) despair; hopelessness; (P) #8036
[だめ(P);ダメ, dame (P); dame] (adj-na, n) (1) (uk) no good; not serving its purpose; useless; broken; (2) (uk) hopeless; wasted; in vain; purposeless; (3) (uk) cannot; must not; not allowed; (P) #15167
[ダメにんげん(ダメ人間);だめにんげん(駄目人間), dame ningen ( dame ningen ); dameningen ( dame ningen )] (n) useless member of society; hopeless case; failure
[おんち, onchi] (n, adj-no) (1) tone-deafness; amusia; having no ear for music; (adj-na) (2) tone-deaf; off-key; (suf) (3) having no sense (of something); being hopeless (when it comes to something); (P)
[へたくそ(P);ヘタクソ, hetakuso (P); hetakuso] (adj-na, n) (1) extreme clumsiness; severe lack of skill at a task; (int) (2) You're hopeless!; Give it up!; (P)
[きかいおんち, kikaionchi] (n) mechanical ineptitude; being hopeless with machines
[きしかいせい, kishikaisei] (n) revival of the dead; recovering from a hopeless situation; resuscitation; (P)
[すくいようのない, sukuiyounonai] (adj-i) (See 救いようがない) hopeless; irredeemable
[かなづち(金槌;金づち;鉄鎚)(P);てっつい(鉄槌;鉄鎚), kanaduchi ( kanaduchi ; kin duchi ; tetsuduchi )(P); tettsui ( tettsui ; tetsuduchi] (n) (1) (iron) hammer; (2) (かなづち only) hopeless swimmer; complete beginner at swimming; (P)
[みきりをつける, mikiriwotsukeru] (exp, v1) to give up as hopeless; to wash one's hands (of someone or something)
[かいなし, kainashi] (adj-f) worthless; useless; hopeless
[いけない, ikenai] (exp) (1) (uk) wrong; not good; of no use; (2) hopeless; past hope; (3) must not do; (P)
[いけません, ikemasen] (exp) (1) (uk) (See 行けない・1) wrong; not good; of no use; (2) (See 行けない・2) hopeless; past hope; (3) (See 行けない・3) must not do; (P)
[さじをなげる, sajiwonageru] (exp, v1) to give up (something as hopeless); to throw in the towel
[しようのない, shiyounonai] (adj-i) hopeless; good-for-nothing; incorrigible
[しにたい, shinitai] (n) losing posture (sumo); hopeless situation; (P)
[こころぼそい, kokorobosoi] (adj-i) helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging; disheartening; (P)
[せわがない, sewaganai] (exp, adj-i) simple matter; problem free; hopeless; the end (i.e. leaving one at a loss of words)
[ぜつぼうてき, zetsubouteki] (adj-na) desperate; hopeless
[はしにもぼうにもかからない, hashinimobounimokakaranai] (exp) hopeless; unmanageable; incorrigible
[へいそくかん, heisokukan] (n) locked up feeling; cooped up feeling; feeling of entrapment; (feeling of hopelessness); being in a bind
[まないたのこい, manaitanokoi] (exp) confronted with a hopeless situation; about to be cut off (e.g. in a battle) and unable to do anything