접속
- Vます形 + ようがない
- N(する動詞の名詞) + の + しようがない
해설
Means you want or need to do something, but there is no method or means to do it, for example because necessary information is missing. Verbs like 連絡する can be used as 連絡しようがない or 連絡のしようがない.
예문
電話番号を知らないので、連絡のしようがない。
I don't know his phone number, so there's no way to contact him.
壊れ方がひどくて、もう 直しようがないと言われた。
I was told it was so badly broken that there was no way to fix it.
住所が分からなければ、荷物を 送りようがない。
If we don't know the address, there's no way to send the package.
あの景色の美しさは、言葉では 表しようがない。
The beauty of that scenery cannot be expressed in words.
주의
しようがない (しょうがない) is also a set phrase meaning "it can't be helped." っこない expresses the speaker's strong judgment, while ようがない means there is no method.
관련 문법
미니 퀴즈
1大雪で道が通れず、山の上の村へは( )。
정답과 해설
정답: 4 行きようがない
"The roads are closed by heavy snow, so there is no way to get to the village on the mountain." ようがない attaches to the ます-stem: 行きようがない.
2名前も顔も分からないのでは、探し( )。
정답과 해설
정답: 2 ようがない
"If we know neither the name nor the face, there's no way to look for the person." 得る (can) and かねない (might) do not fit. っこある does not exist.
3この書類には日付が書いていないので、いつのものか確認( )。
정답과 해설
정답: 1 のしようがない
"There is no date on this document, so there's no way to confirm when it is from." For noun + する verbs, use N + のしようがない.