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There is a Japanese phrase shoganai , "it can't be helped."
At Core of Ruin, a Search for Life Daisuke Wakabayashi 2011
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There is a Japanese phrase shoganai, "it can't be helped."
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Normal working people here need to stop saying "shoganai" and get out there and change things. jerseyboy at 10: 04 AM JST - 10th February ahocchau -- In case you did not notice, this article is about Japan and the DPJ, not elsewhere.
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Normal working people here need to stop saying "shoganai" and get out there and change things. jerseyboy at 10: 04 AM JST - 10th February ahocchau -- In case you did not notice, this article is about Japan and the DPJ, not elsewhere.
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Normal working people here need to stop saying "shoganai" and get out there and change things. jerseyboy at 10: 04 AM JST - 10th February ahocchau -- In case you did not notice, this article is about Japan and the DPJ, not elsewhere.
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Normal working people here need to stop saying "shoganai" and get out there and change things. jerseyboy at 10: 04 AM JST - 10th February ahocchau -- In case you did not notice, this article is about Japan and the DPJ, not elsewhere.
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Among the most commonly heard expressions there, are gaman, to persevere or tough it out; gambaru, to do your best, to be strong; and shoganai, it cannot be helped, which expresses a sense of fatalism, Stewart says.
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It seems strange to say shoganai with something like this, but that's just the way I feel.
At Core of Ruin, a Search for Life Daisuke Wakabayashi 2011
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It seems strange to say shoganai with something like this, but that's just the way I feel.
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Also, he says he learned that many Japanese workers embrace two seemingly conflicting concepts: "ganbaru" (do your best) and "shoganai" (it can't be helped).
News On Japan Japan Times 2010
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