ままならない

expression, i-adjective

not going as one wishes; beyond one's control; unable to do freely

Expresses that things do not go the way one wants, often due to external circumstances or one's own limitations. The phrase is a set expression and is usually written in kana.

See also: ままならぬ

• 最さい近きん、仕し事ごとがままならない。

  Lately, work isn't going the way I want.

• 体からだがままならないほど疲つかれている。

  I'm so tired that my body won't do what I want.

• 人じん生せいはままならないことばかりだ。

  Life is full of things that don't go as you wish.