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〜ようがない: Japanese grammar explained

~you ga nai — Impossibility for lack of means ("there's no way to").

Structure

Verb(masu-stem) + ようがない

Examples

  • 連絡先がわからないので、連絡しようがない。

    れんらくさきがわからないので、れんらくしようがない。

    I don't have their contact details, so there's no way to reach them.

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