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shiyouganai
expression, i adjective (negative)

Alternate Written Forms:

shouganai
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[し(仕)·ょう(様)·が·な·い]
shouganai
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[し(仕)·ょう(様)·が·な(無)·い]
shouganai
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[しょうがな(無)·い]
shouganai
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[し(仕)·よう(様)·が·な·い]
shiyouganai
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[しようがな(無)·い]
shiyouganai
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[し(仕)·よう(様)·が·な(無)·い]
shiyouganai
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Root Words:

shiyou + ga + nai

English Meaning(s) for しようがない

expression, i adjective (negative)
  1. there's no (other) way
  2. cannot be helped; unavoidable; inevitable; (there's) nothing one can do; having no choice
  3. it's no use (doing); pointless; useless; no good; insufficient; not enough (oft. as 〜てもしょうがない)
  4. hopeless (person); annoying; troublesome; awful
  5. cannot stand it; unbearable; cannot help (doing, feeling); dying (to do) (as 〜てしょうがない or 〜でしょうがない)
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Definition and Synonyms for しようがない

Uncontrollable difficult to solve or alleviate
Synonyms: しょうがない, 負う, 負える

Stroke Order Diagrams for しようがない

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Conjugations for しようがない

Adjective stem
shiyougana
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te-form
shiyouganakute
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Adverbial Form
shiyouganaku
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Plain Form
Present Indicative Form
shiyouganai
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Present Indicative Negative Form
shiyouganakunai
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Past Indicative Form
shiyouganakatta
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Past Indicative Negative Form
shiyouganakunakatta
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Provisional Form
Present Indicative Form
shiyouganakereba
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Conditional Form
Present Indicative Form
shiyouganakattara
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Nominalized Form
Objective Form
shiyouganasa
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Sample Sentences for しようがない

His remarks allow of no other interpretation.
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The patient was quite beyond help, so that the doctors could do no more.
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I can't thank you enough.
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