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仕様がない [rK] しようが無い [sK] 仕様が無い [sK] しょうが無い [sK]
しょうがない [spec1] しようがない
1. [exp,adj-i] [uk]
▶ there's no (other) way
2. [exp,adj-i] [uk]
▶ cannot be helped
▶ unavoidable
▶ inevitable
▶ (there's) nothing one can do
▶ having no choice
▶ it is what it is
3. [exp,adj-i] [uk]
《oft. as 〜てもしょうがない》
▶ it's no use (doing)
▶ pointless
▶ useless
▶ no good
▶ insufficient
▶ not enough
4. [exp,adj-i] [uk]
▶ hopeless (person)
▶ annoying
▶ troublesome
▶ awful
5. [exp,adj-i] [uk]
《as 〜てしょうがない or 〜でしょうがない》
▶ cannot stand it
▶ unbearable
▶ cannot help (doing, feeling)
▶ dying (to do)

Conjugations


History:
20. A 2023-09-20 10:11:34  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
ngrams
  Diff:
@@ -6 +6 @@
-<ke_pri>spec1</ke_pri>
+<ke_inf>&rK;</ke_inf>
19. A 2023-09-14 21:11:24  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
18. A* 2023-09-14 12:47:25  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
No point in showing rare 無い forms.
  Diff:
@@ -9,0 +10 @@
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
@@ -12,0 +14 @@
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
@@ -15,0 +18 @@
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
@@ -19,3 +21,0 @@
-<re_restr>仕様がない</re_restr>
-<re_restr>仕様が無い</re_restr>
-<re_restr>しょうが無い</re_restr>
@@ -26,3 +25,0 @@
-<re_restr>仕様がない</re_restr>
-<re_restr>しようが無い</re_restr>
-<re_restr>仕様が無い</re_restr>
17. A 2023-08-14 08:56:56  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Hardly needed.
16. A* 2023-08-14 04:20:25 
  Diff:
@@ -44,0 +45 @@
+<gloss>it is what it is</gloss>
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