てもどうにもならない follows a verb's て-form and says that doing it changes nothing: "it's no use ~", "~ won't help". It is , "even if", joined to , "nothing can be done about it".
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It's no use regretting it now.
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However much you worry, it won't change anything.
The verb is in the て-form, with も straight after it.
- × 泣くてもどうにもならない → 泣いてもどうにもならない
With もう and 今さら
"already" or
"at this point" in front says the moment to act has passed. A second clause with
can then say what to do instead.
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The deadline has already passed, so panicking won't help.
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Dwelling on the past won't help, so let's look ahead.
てもしょうがない and てもどうしようもない
and
say much the same – "there's no point in ~" – and are the everyday choice.
is closest of all: どうしようもない says there is no way to deal with it, where どうにもならない says the outcome won't turn out any differently.
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There's no point crying.
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Crying won't do anything.
Without ても, どうにもならない stands on its own as "nothing can be done". In polite speech it becomes .
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Nothing can be done about this problem now.
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Hurrying now won't do any good.
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