すべ

way; method; means

N3Noun
Noun
waymethodmeans

Example Sentences

政府もなすすべがないようだ。

It sounds as if the government doesn't know what to do.

(かれ)が生きていることを確かめる(すべ)はない。

There is no way to confirm that he is alive.

(いま)となっては(こと)の真相を知るすべもない。

At this distance we cannot hope to know the truth.

まだ12(さい)だったが、スーザンは自分で暮らすすべを知っていた。

Though she was only twelve years old, Susan knew how to make a living.

その係長は勤勉な男ではないが、上役にとり入る(すべ)を心得ているから、早く昇進するのだ。

The chief clerk is not a hardworking man, but gets ahead rapidly because he knows how to curry favor with his superiors.

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