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どうしようもない
Meanings
Adjective (い)
Expression
Usually written in kana
1. it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
It has become a hopeless situation.
Alt. forms
どうしようもない
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どうしようも無ない
どう仕し様ようもない
如ど何うしようもない
どう仕し様ようも無ない
如ど何うしようも無ない
如ど何う仕し様ようも無ない
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Used in: 4113
Composed of
how; in what way; how about
stupid; meaningless; worthless; hopeless (person, situation); beyond help; beyond saving
Examples (13 in total)
There was nothing I could do.
You really are hopeless.
It has become a hopeless situation.
It's too late to do anything about that now.
We are currently in a predicament from which there is no way out.
It is useless to regret the past.
He's a hopeless, rotten bastard.
They had no choice but to leave.
I wanted to help, but there was nothing I could do.
There are some things that cannot be helped, even if you know about them.
It is as if they are lamenting a current situation that they are powerless to change.
The angle from which I was looked down upon was unbearably frustrating.
If it is completely divided, there is nothing that can be done.