"しょうがない" meaning in All languages combined

See しょうがない on Wiktionary

Adjective [Japanese]

IPA: [ɕo̞ː ɡa̠ na̠i] Forms: shō ga nai [romanization], syau ga nai [romanization], しやうがない [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: Contraction of 仕(し)様(よう)がない (shiyō ga nai, literally “there is no way”). Etymology templates: {{ja-r|仕%様がない|し%よう が ない|lit=there is no way}} 仕(し)様(よう)がない (shiyō ga nai, literally “there is no way”) Head templates: {{ja-adj|しょう が ない|hhira=しやう が ない}} 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
    Sense id: en-しょうがない-ja-adj-o~KgiLkG
  2. (of an event) unavoidable, inevitable
    Sense id: en-しょうがない-ja-adj-MIQIQ3bN
  3. (of a person) impossible or difficult (to deal with)
    Sense id: en-しょうがない-ja-adj-XEMxwcvu
  4. too, simply, so; impossibly, overwhelmingly
    Sense id: en-しょうがない-ja-adj-w~XpX2UO

Phrase [Japanese]

IPA: [ɕo̞ː ɡa̠ na̠i] Forms: shō ga nai [romanization]
Etymology: Contraction of 仕(し)様(よう)がない (shiyō ga nai, literally “there is no way”). Etymology templates: {{ja-r|仕%様がない|し%よう が ない|lit=there is no way}} 仕(し)様(よう)がない (shiyō ga nai, literally “there is no way”) Head templates: {{ja-phrase|しょう が ない}} しょうがない • (shō ga nai)
  1. it can't be helped
    Sense id: en-しょうがない-ja-phrase-IKWKk~o7
  2. that's life
    Sense id: en-しょうがない-ja-phrase-FG32q8ne Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 4 2 3 0 20 71 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 6 3 5 1 19 66 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 6 3 5 1 19 66 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 5 3 6 2 17 67 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 5 3 4 1 17 70
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: しゃあない (shā nai), しゃあねえ (shā nē), しゃあなし (shā nashi), 仕方がない (shikata ga nai) (ruby: (), (かた))

Alternative forms

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          "roman": "Konkai wa akiramena. Shō ga nai yo.",
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          "english": "It's just too cold today.",
          "roman": "Kyō wa samukute shō ga nai.",
          "ruby": [
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            [
              "寒",
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          "text": "今日は寒くてしょうがない。"
        },
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          "english": "I am so full of foolish ideas today.",
          "roman": "Kyō wa baka na kangae bakari ukande shō ga nai.",
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      "ipa": "[ɕo̞ː ɡa̠ na̠i]"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "shā nai",
      "word": "しゃあない"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "shā nē",
      "word": "しゃあねえ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "word": "しゃあなし"
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          "roman": "Konkai wa akiramena. Shō ga nai yo.",
          "ruby": [
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              "回",
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          "english": "The mischief of boys is unavoidable. / Boys will be boys.",
          "roman": "Otoko no ko no itazura wa shō ga nai.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "男",
              "おとこ"
            ],
            [
              "子",
              "こ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "男の子のいたずらはしょうがない。"
        }
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          "english": "That kid's an impossible one.",
          "roman": "Ano ko wa shō ga nai ko da.",
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            [
              "子",
              "こ"
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              "子",
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          "roman": "Kyō wa samukute shō ga nai.",
          "ruby": [
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              "今日",
              "きょう"
            ],
            [
              "寒",
              "さむ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "今日は寒くてしょうがない。"
        },
        {
          "english": "I am so full of foolish ideas today.",
          "roman": "Kyō wa baka na kangae bakari ukande shō ga nai.",
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              "きょう"
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              "考",
              "かんが"
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              "浮",
              "う"
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      "other": "しょーがない"
    },
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      "ipa": "[ɕo̞ː ɡa̠ na̠i]"
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}

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      "roman": "shā nai",
      "word": "しゃあない"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shā nē",
      "word": "しゃあねえ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shā nashi",
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    },
    {
      "roman": "shikata ga nai",
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  ],
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}

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