どうしようもない
Doushiyoumonai
Other forms: どう仕様もない、如何しようもない、如何しようも無い、どう仕様も無い、如何仕様も無い
Also read: どうしょうもない
どうしようも無い (Doushiyoumonai) is a Japanese expression meaning “it cannot be helped, there's nothing for it, it's no use fighting back, it's hopeless”.
Meanings
- expression, i-adjectiveit cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
Examples
私としてはどうしようもない。
I can't help it.
君って本当にどうしようもないね。
You really are hopeless.
万事休すだ。もうどうしようもない。
It is all over with me. It can't be helped.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).