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しようがない is an exact match with one form of the following word:
しょうがない
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expression, 'i' adjective
it can't be helped; it is inevitable; nothing can be done; there's no point (in doing something); there's no reason (to do something) (often written with kana only)My mastery:
My current mastery of しょうがない:
My flashcards:
Usefulness and usage:
• Kanshudo usefulness level: 10 (among the 100,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 30,023 which gives a rank of 79,889
しょうがない is the most useful form.
4 additional
forms are shown below.
• This form is used about 20% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 25,000
(about 24,700,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N2 vocabulary
(see JLPT collections)
• Routledge most useful 5000 words rank: 1429
しようがない
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My flashcards:
Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 20% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 21,000
(about 29,900,000 results)
• Routledge most useful 5000 words rank: 1429
しょうが無い
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Reading
:
しょうがない
My flashcards:
Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 10% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 31,000
(about 18,900,000 results)
仕様がない
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しよう is the original pronunciation; しょう is the modern form http://detail.chiebukuro.yahoo.co.jp/qa/question_detail/q1212146872 ⇗
My flashcards:
Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 30% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 13,000
(about 53,800,000 results)
仕様が無い
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My flashcards:
Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 20% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 21,000
(about 30,800,000 results)
More info:
More dictionaries:
Tangorin ⇗ |
jisho.org ⇗ |
Linguee ⇗ |
ALC / 英辞郎 ⇗ |
Weblio ⇗ |
Weblio (例) ⇗ |
Goo 辞書 ⇗ |
YouGlish JA ⇗ |
語源由来辞典 ⇗ |
Reverso ⇗
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