仕方がない

しかたがない

Meanings

1. Expression, い-adjective there's no (other) way
2. cannot be helped; unavoidable; inevitable; (there's) nothing one can do; having no choice
3. it's no use (doing); pointless; useless; no good; insufficient; not enough (oft. as 〜ても仕方がない)
4. hopeless (person); annoying; troublesome; awful
5. cannot stand it; unbearable; cannot help (doing, feeling); dying (to do) (as 〜て仕方がない or 〜で仕方がない)

Kanji

• 仕 do. Read as シ.
• 方 direction. Read as かた.

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