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どう仕様も無い

どう仕様もない

Reading

Kana: どうしようもない
Romaji: doushiyoumonai
Kana
Romaji

Definition

exp
adj-i
1

it cannot be helped; there is no other way

Note: word usually written using kana alone

Kanji

仕
Readings: シ、 ジ、 つか.える
Meanings: attend, doing, official, serve
様
Readings: ヨウ、 ショウ、 さま、 さん
Meanings: Esq., way, manner, situation, polite suffix
無
Readings: ム、 ブ、 な.い
Meanings: nothingness, none, ain't, nothing, nil, not

Example Sentences

どうしょうも無(な)いのね。
➥It can't be helped.
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君(きみ)って本当(ほんとう)にどうしようもないね。
➥You really are hopeless.
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彼(かれ)が怠(なま)け者(もの)なのは私(わたし)にはどうしようもない。
➥I cannot help his being lazy.
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私(わたし)としてはどうしようもない。
➥I can't help it.
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万事休(ばんじきゅう)すだ。もうどうしようもない。
➥It is all over with me. It can't be helped.
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君(きみ)の同意(どうい)が無(な)くてはどうしようもありません。
➥Without your consent, nothing can be done about it.
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