Which is the correct or more common way of writing
駄目です
or
だめです?
My text book says it means "it's is not possible".
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2だめ has a variety of meanings from merely “no!” and “don’t!” to “that’s not allowed” or “that’s not the right way to do it”. i’m no expert on how to write it though it seems to me that more frequently you would see だめ or even ダメ (for more emphasis). the kanji, for me, seem to weaken the force of it—and my guess is that using kanji for だめ would give a literary feel. – A.Ellett Sep 24 '20 at 23:47
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1See also [Why are katakana preferred over hiragana or kanji sometimes?](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/a/1932/78). – istrasci Sep 26 '20 at 05:24
