Illustration: Outside a small apartment building, a resident crouches over a deep storm drain with a tightly bolted grate. Far below, a key ring lies in a narrow recess beyond reach. Beside the resident rests a straightened wire hanger, visibly much too short to reach it.

JLPT N3i-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

どうしようもない

doushiyoumonai

helpless, beyond help

Example sentences

  1. どうしようも無ないのね。

    It can’t be helped.

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  2. 雨あめで中止ちゅうしなら、どうしようもないね。

    If it’s canceled because of the rain, there’s nothing we can do.

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  3. 直なおせる人ひとがいないので、もうどうしようもない。

    There’s no one who can fix it, so there’s nothing we can do now.

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