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[しょうがな(無)·い]
shouganai
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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shiyouganai
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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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English Meaning(s) for しょうが無い

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 しょうが無い

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

Meanings for each kanji in しょうが無い

» nothingness; none; ain't; nothing; nil; not

Stroke Order Diagrams for しょうが無い

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Conjugations for しょうが無い

Adjective stem
[しょうがな(無)]
shougana
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te-form
[しょうがな(無)·く·て]
shouganakute
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Adverbial Form
[しょうがな(無)·く]
shouganaku
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Plain Form
Present Indicative Form
[しょうがな(無)·い]
shouganai
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Present Indicative Negative Form
[しょうがな(無)·く·な·い]
shouganakunai
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Past Indicative Form
[しょうがな(無)·か·っ·た]
shouganakatta
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Past Indicative Negative Form
[しょうがな(無)·く·な·か·っ·た]
shouganakunakatta
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Provisional Form
Present Indicative Form
[しょうがな(無)·け·れ·ば]
shouganakereba
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Conditional Form
Present Indicative Form
[しょうがな(無)·か·っ·た·ら]
shouganakattara
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Nominalized Form
Objective Form
[しょうがな(無)·さ]
shouganasa
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