そうもない details
write + shows no sign of
kaki sou mo nai
shows no sign of; doesn't look like it will
meaning: show no sign of writing
今日、太郎はきそうもないな。
kyou, tarou wa ki sou mo nai na.
Taro shows no sign of coming today. casual
この空の様子だと、雨は降りそうもない。
kono sora no yousu da to, ame wa furi sou mo nai.
Judging by the sky, it shows no sign of raining. neutral
- formal
- past
- polite
- polite past
Examples
shows no sign of; doesn't look like it will — predicts, from present appearance, that something won't happen
今日、太郎はきそうもないな。
kyou, tarou wa kisoumonai na.
Taro shows no sign of coming today. casual
この空の様子だと、雨は降りそうもない。
kono sora no yousu da to, ame wa furisoumonai.
Judging by the sky, it shows no sign of raining. neutral
今回の交渉は、簡単に解決しそうもありません。
konkai no koushou wa, kantan ni kaiketsushisoumoarimasen.
This round of negotiations shows no sign of resolving easily. neutral
Formation
{V-masu-stem}そうもないattaches to ます-stem
Variant notes
- そうにない — に replaces も — the plainer derivational negative; そうもない adds a mild "not even" emphasis and reads slightly more spoken
Notes
included: きそうもない, しそうもない.
Related patterns
Similar
Both judge from how things currently look, but this isn't そうだ simply negated — 降りそうじゃない? mostly surfaces as a rising-intonation confirmation tag ("looks like rain, doesn't it?"), not a flat declarative negative, which instead runs through this frozen そうもない/そうにない tail.