しょうがない

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Japanese

Etymology

Contraction of 仕(し)様(よう)がない (shiyō ga nai, literally “there is no way”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

しょうがない • (shō ga nai) ←しやうがない (syau ga nai)?

  1. (of a task or probability) of no use, impossible; hopeless, doomed, screwed
    今(こん)回(かい)はあきらめな。しょうがないよ。
    Konkai wa akiramena. Shō ga nai yo.
    Give up on this one. It's no use.
  2. (of an event) unavoidable, inevitable
    男(おとこ)の子(こ)のいたずらはしょうがない。
    Otoko no ko no itazura wa shō ga nai.
    The mischief of boys is unavoidable. / Boys will be boys.
  3. (of a person) impossible or difficult (to deal with)
    あの子(こ)はしょうがない子(こ)だ。
    Ano ko wa shō ga nai ko da.
    That kid's an impossible one.
  4. too, simply, so; impossibly, overwhelmingly
    今日(きょう)は寒(さむ)くてしょうがない。
    Kyō wa samukute shō ga nai.
    It's just too cold today.
    今日(きょう)は馬(ば)鹿(か)な考(かんが)えばかり浮(う)かんでしょうがない。
    Kyō wa baka na kangae bakari ukande shō ga nai.
    I am so full of foolish ideas today.

Phrase

しょうがない • (shō ga nai) 

  1. it can't be helped
  2. that's life

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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