Meaning of どうにもならない in Japanese
Japanese word definition and usage
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どうにもならない
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Romajidōnimonaranai
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
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- Meaning
- helpless; futile; situation about which nothing can be done
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Example Sentences
どうにもならない used in context
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Nothing will come of his plans.
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独裁者はその厄介な状況に対処しようとしたが、どうにもならなかった。
The autocrat strove in vain to deal with the awkward situation.
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The authorities are striving in vain to stabilize the currency.
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第２に、喫煙者は、いずれにせよ喫煙は自分ではまったくどうにもならないと信じ込んでいるのである。
Second, smokers persuade themselves that there is nothing they can do about smoking anyway.
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済んでしまったことをああだこうだ言ってもどうにもならないだろう。
You can critique it all you want and it won't change a thing. It's over.
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Yelling about it won't help now. You should have done that when it counted.
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