Illustration: At an outdoor tap beside a Japanese apartment garden, a gardener keeps filling a battered watering can whose entire bottom has fallen off. Water pours straight through the open base onto the drain, leaving the can visibly empty.

JLPT N3expressionLevel estimated by Bebop

しょうがない

shouganai

it’s no use

Often follows 〜ても or 〜たところで. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 空席くうせきがあるのに立たっていてもしょうがない。

    There is no sense in standing when there are seats available.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. そんな所ところに行いったってしょうがない。

    It isn’t worthwhile going there.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. ぶつくさ言いったところでしょうがない。

    Complaining won’t change anything.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

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