〜ようがない means "there''s no way to" or "can''t possibly" — even if you wanted to, there''s no method.
No method exists - There''s simply no way to do it
Impossibility - Can''t be done no matter what
I don''t know their contact info, so there''s no way to contact them.
Different from できない (can''t) — ようがない emphasizes lack of method.
Verb ます-stem + ようがない
- 直しようがない (no way to fix)
- 説明しようがない (can''t explain)
Variant: ようもない (same meaning, slightly more emphatic)
There's no evidence, so there's no way to prove it.
There's nothing that can be done about this situation.
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