Word details

どうにもならない

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word どうにもならない.

Dictionary

Entry

どうにもならない如何にもならない~い Adj.ExpressionUsually kanaFreq #5793
1

hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done

Examples
状況は彼らではどうにもならなくなった。
The situation got out of their control.
今さら騒いでもどうにもならないよ。後の祭りだよ。
Yelling about it won't help now. You should have done that when it counted.

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

likeness, like, such as, as if, better, best, equal

6 strokesFrequency 1,704JLPT N1Grade 8

On

ジョニョ

Kun

ごと.し

Nanori

ゆきよし

what

7 strokesFrequency 340JLPT N4Grade 2

On

Kun

なになんなに-なん-

Nanori

あが

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