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JLPT N1 Grammar

どうにも～ない

N1Negation

N1 · Negation · どうにも + potential-form verbない / どうにも + adjective + ない

cannot by any means

どうにも + potential-form verbない / どうにも + adjective + ない

どうにも～ない means no method can solve or change the situation.

It is common for helplessness, inability to explain, or inability to bear something.

ここまで壊れていると、もうどうにも直せない。

When it is broken this badly, it cannot be fixed by any means.

Do not omit the negative; this pattern requires a negative ending.

Nothing works: that is どうにも～ない.

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