<entry id="2075163" stat="A" corpus="jmdict" type="jmdict">
<ent_corp type="jmdict">jmdict</ent_corp>
<ent_seq>2127710</ent_seq>
<k_ele>
<keb>駄目元</keb>
</k_ele>
<k_ele>
<keb>駄目もと</keb>
</k_ele>
<k_ele>
<keb>ダメ元</keb>
</k_ele>
<r_ele>
<reb>だめもと</reb>
<re_restr>駄目元</re_restr>
<re_restr>駄目もと</re_restr>
</r_ele>
<r_ele>
<reb>ダメもと</reb>
<re_restr>ダメ元</re_restr>
</r_ele>
<sense>
<pos>&n;</pos>
<xref type="see" seq="2127720">駄目で元々</xref>
<misc>&col;</misc>
<misc>&abbr;</misc>
<misc>&uk;</misc>
<gloss>giving something a try because it will not do any harm</gloss>
</sense>
<info>
<audit time="2007-01-21 00:00:00" stat="A">
<upd_detl>Entry created</upd_detl>
</audit>
<audit time="2012-10-16 07:28:47" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_name>Marcus</upd_name>
<upd_diff>@@ -14,0 +14,1 @@
+&lt;misc&gt;&amp;abbr;&lt;/misc&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2012-10-16 21:46:06" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
</audit>
<audit time="2013-09-16 05:24:15" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_name>Marcus Richert</upd_name>
<upd_refs>ngram
駄目元	23836
だめもと	61174
ダメもと	117168
ダメ元	89870
だめ元	3702</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -7,0 +7,3 @@
+&lt;k_ele&gt;
+&lt;keb&gt;ダメ元&lt;/keb&gt;
+&lt;/k_ele&gt;
@@ -9,0 +12,5 @@
+&lt;re_restr&gt;駄目元&lt;/re_restr&gt;
+&lt;/r_ele&gt;
+&lt;r_ele&gt;
+&lt;reb&gt;ダメもと&lt;/reb&gt;
+&lt;re_restr&gt;ダメ元&lt;/re_restr&gt;
@@ -15,0 +23,1 @@
+&lt;misc&gt;&amp;uk;&lt;/misc&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2013-09-16 12:23:14" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
</audit>
<audit time="2018-01-30 18:31:22" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_uid>Marcus</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Marcus Richert</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>ibformal rather than slang, I think</upd_detl>
<upd_diff>@@ -22 +22 @@
-&lt;misc&gt;&amp;sl;&lt;/misc&gt;
+&lt;misc&gt;&amp;col;&lt;/misc&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2018-01-31 05:37:44" stat="A">
<upd_uid>rene</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Rene Malenfant</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
</audit>
<audit time="2020-07-15 14:48:51" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_detl>If it read "because it doesn't hurt anything" it might be more accurate

https://youtu.be/ZifEUSonMxQ?t=806
The teacher in the above video defines it as 多分無理だけど　（ちょっとやってみる）</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>Progressive Waei</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -5,0 +6,3 @@
+&lt;/k_ele&gt;
+&lt;k_ele&gt;
+&lt;keb&gt;駄目もと&lt;/keb&gt;
@@ -12,0 +16 @@
+&lt;re_restr&gt;駄目もと&lt;/re_restr&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2020-07-15 21:35:48" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>Yes, better. I'll align 駄目で元々.</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>GG5, etc.</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -28 +28 @@
-&lt;gloss&gt;giving something a try because one has nothing to lose&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;giving something a try because it will not do any harm&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
</info>
</entry>