what does sho ga nai mean? Shiran?
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what does sho ga nai mean?
削がない maybe?

It more or less means to not shave/slice off material, like when sharpening
something, or when shaving something like your face or legs, or to not dampen
or weaken a mood when used to describe more abstract things, but without
context we can't easily tell which is intended.

See the plain negative infliction of this:
<http://jisho.org/search/%E3%81%9D%E3%81%90>

**Update,** it could also be 仕様が無い as G-Cam mentioned, which would be written
as 'shyou ga nai' not 'sho ga nai'.

It literally translates to 'The way does not exist', which is the Japanese way
of saying 'There is no way' in the sense that something cannot be avoided, it
will happen, there's nothing you can do, things like that.

See this expression here:
<http://jisho.org/search/%E4%BB%95%E6%A7%98%E3%81%8C%E7%84%A1%E3%81%84>

Hope this helps lad. :D
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I assume you mean "Shō ga nai," which is an alternative spelling of a common
Japanese phrase "shikata ga nai" which translates roughly to "there's nothing
to be done." It's a phrase which isn't quite so pessimistic as it sounds,
though. The phrase is more along the lines of endurance and perseverance in
the face of adversity. Presumably this is what was written on the front of the
newspapers the day after the Fukushima disaster in 2011. It means, more than
anything: we/I will go on.
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I think that you refer to "shōganai" which is alternative pronunciation of
"shiyō ga nai"
([仕様がない](http://tangorin.com/general/%E4%BB%95%E6%A7%98%E3%81%8C%E3%81%AA%E3%81%84)）which
means "it can't be helped" or "it's inevitable".

"Shiyōganai" can be interchanged with "shikata ga nai"
([仕方がない](http://tangorin.com/general/%E3%81%97%E3%81%8B%E3%81%9F%E3%81%8C%E3%81%AA%E3%81%84)).
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Clearly, it means 生姜{しょうが}ない, _"I have no ginger"_ , a common exclamation when
one checks the fridge and discovers an absence of that spicy rhizome,
indicating a need to go grocery shopping. For when one has an adequate supply
of ginger, all things are possible.

`</oyaji>`
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