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しょうがない
Rank #1,860

Meanings

  • expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), adjective (keiyoushi), usually written using kana
    1. there's no (other) way
  • 2. cannot be helped; unavoidable; inevitable; (there's) nothing one can do; having no choice; it is what it is
  • 3. it's no use (doing); pointless; useless; no good; insufficient; not enough
  • 4. hopeless (person); annoying; troublesome; awful
  • 5. cannot stand it; unbearable; cannot help (doing, feeling); dying (to do)

Readings

しょうがない
(86%)
しようがない
(12%)
仕様がない
(<1%)
しようが無い
(<1%)
しょうが無い
(<1%)
仕様が無い
(<0.1%)
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