どうにも is an adverb meaning "no matter what you try". It goes in front of a negative verb, most often a potential, and says the speaker has tried and given up.
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There is nothing I can do about this situation.
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I just can't remember those days, however hard I try.
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I simply can't stand this heat.
どうにもならない and どうにもできない
comes from
: the situation won't turn out any other way.
and
come from
: the speaker can't do anything about it. The thing in question usually takes
.
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Nothing can be done about the past.
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It's beyond anything I can do.
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There's no evidence, so there's no way to make a judgement.
どうにもならない is everyday speech. With other verbs, is the more common choice in conversation.
どうにも or どうにか
is the opposite: "somehow", "just about managed". It goes with a positive outcome, and どうにも with a negative one.
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I just about made it in time.
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There's no way I'll make it in time.
Usage notes
These go beyond "can't, however hard I try".
With a feeling you can't shake
Before a verb of feeling, どうにも can stand without a negative: the feeling is there and won't go away.
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I can't stop thinking about his attitude.
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The lie I told her keeps weighing on my mind.
どうにもこうにも
is a stronger, more colloquial form of the same adverb.
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I'm so busy there's just no way I have enough time.
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There isn't enough budget, and the project can't move forward at all.
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