JLPT N1 Grammar (temo dou ni mo naranai)

Meaning

it's no use; can't do anything

Level: JLPT N1

How to use

Verb (て form) + もどうにもならない
どうなるものでもない
Noun + でも
な-adjective + でも
い-adjective + い + くても
temo dou ni mo naranai てもどうにもならない jlpt n1 grammar meaning 文法 例文 japanese flashcards

Learn Japanese grammar: (temo dou ni mo naranai) / (temo dou naru mono demo nai). Meaning: it’s no use; can’t do anything.

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Example #1

いまさらはんたいしてもどうなるものでもない。
imasara hantai shite mo dou naru mono de mo nai.
It's too late to oppose things now.
Example #2

すぎたことをこうかいしてもどうにもならない。
sugita koto o koukai shite mo dou ni mo naranai.
It's no use regretting things that happened in the past.
Example #3

なやんでもどうにもならない。むすこのせいかくはかえられないよ。
nayan demo dou ni mo naranai. musuko no seikaku wa kaerarenai yo.
It's no use worrying about it. You can't change your son's personality.
Example #4

ひとりでかんがえてもどうにもならない。みんなにきいてみよう。
hitori de kangaete mo dou ni mo naranai. minna ni kiite miyou.
It's no use thinking about this alone. Let's ask everyone for their ideas.
Example #5

わたしはもういちどかのじょとはなしてもどうなるものでもないとおもった。
watashi wa mou ichido kanojo to hanashite mo dou naru mono de mo nai to omotta.
I thought that even talking to her one more time wouldn't help with anything.
Example #6

びょうきやてんさいなど、かみにいのってもどうにもならないこともある。
byouki ya tensai nado, kami ni inotte mo dou ni mo naranai koto mo aru.
There are some things like illnesses and natural disasters where praying to God will not change anything.
Example #7

せいじのかんてんはかわらないのだから、かれをせっとくしてもどうなるものでもない。
seiji no kanten wa kawaranai no dakara, kare o settoku shite mo dou naru mono de mo nai.
Political views do not really change much, so even convincing him won't do anything.

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