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〜ようがない

There is no way to ~ (no means)

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

  • 電話番号でんわばんごうを知しらないので、連絡れんらくのしようがない。

    I don't know his phone number, so there's no way to contact him.

  • 壊こわれ方かたがひどくて、もう 直なおしようがないと言いわれた。

    I was told it was so badly broken that there was no way to fix it.

  • 住所じゅうしょが分わからなければ、荷物にもつを 送おくりようがない。

    If we don't know the address, there's no way to send the package.

  • あの景色けしきの美うつくしさは、言葉ことばでは 表あらわしようがない。

    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大雪おおゆきで道みちが通とおれず、山やまの上うえの村むらへは(  )。

정답과 해설

정답: 4 行いきようがない

"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名前なまえも顔かおも分わからないのでは、探さがし(  )。

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この書類しょるいには日付ひづけが書かいていないので、いつのものか確認かくにん(  )。

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.

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