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Conjugations for 仕様がない

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[()·ょう()···]
shouganai
expression, i adjective (negative)

Alternate Written Forms:

shouganai
[()·ょう()··()·]
shouganai
[しょうが()·]
shouganai
shiyouganai
[()·よう()···]
shiyouganai
[しようが()·]
shiyouganai
[()·よう()··()·]
shiyouganai

English Meaning(s) for 仕様がない

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)

Definition and Synonyms for 仕様がない

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

Meanings for each kanji in 仕様がない

» attend; doing; official; serve
» Esq.; way; manner; situation; polite suffix

Stroke Order Diagrams for 仕様がない

Conjugations for 仕様がない

Adjective stem
[()·ょう()··]
shougana
te-form
[()·ょう()····]
shouganakute
Adverbial Form
[()·ょう()···]
shouganaku
Plain Form
Present Indicative Form
[()·ょう()···]
shouganai
Present Indicative Negative Form
[()·ょう()·····]
shouganakunai
Past Indicative Form
[()·ょう()·····]
shouganakatta
Past Indicative Negative Form
[()·ょう()·······]
shouganakunakatta
Provisional Form
Present Indicative Form
[()·ょう()·····]
shouganakereba
Conditional Form
Present Indicative Form
[()·ょう()······]
shouganakattara
Nominalized Form
Objective Form
[()·ょう()···]
shouganasa

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