See しょうがない in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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[
"馬",
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"鹿",
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"roman": "shā nai",
"word": "しゃあない"
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"(of a task or probability) of no use, impossible; hopeless, doomed, screwed"
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"子",
"こ"
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"さむ"
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"今日",
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[
"馬",
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[
"鹿",
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[
"考",
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"浮",
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