仕方ない

しかたない

Meanings

1. 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 〜ても仕方ない)
4. hopeless (person); annoying; troublesome; awful
5. cannot stand it; unbearable; cannot help (doing, feeling); dying (to do) (as 〜て仕方ない or 〜で仕方ない)

Kanji

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

Example sentences

• 我々は仕方なく働かなければならなかった。
  We were forced to work hard.
• ルールには従う以外仕方ない。
  There is nothing for you to do but obey the rules.
• パーティーが待ち遠しくて仕方ない。
  I just can't wait for the party.
• とどまるより他に仕方なかった。
  I had no choice but to stay.
• それは仕方ない。
  It cannot be helped.

Words containing 仕方ない

• 仕方なしに (しかたなしに) helplessly
• 仕方なく (しかたなく) helplessly

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