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    3. 仕方がない

    仕方がない

    仕し方かたが​な​い​

    there's no (other) way

    KMT10News #41+1CoreAdjectiveEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab20 strokes

    仕方が無いし方がない

    しかたがない

    Adjective

    1.
    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
    4.
    hopeless (person), annoying, troublesome, awful
    5.
    cannot stand it, unbearable, cannot help (doing, feeling), dying (to do)

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    もう仕し方かたがない。

    It can't be helped anymore.

    KMT8Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    電でん車しゃが遅おくれても、仕し方かたがない。

    Even if the train is delayed, it can't be helped.

    KMT10Daily LifeTravel & Transportation
    過か去この失しっ敗ぱいを悔くやんでも仕し方かたがない、前まえ向むきに進すすもう。

    There's no use regretting past failures; let's move forward positively.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    急きゅうな雨あめで洗がふっ濯てせんた物くものが濡ぬれてしまったが、天てん気きには仕し方かたがない。

    My laundry got wet due to the sudden rain, but there's nothing I can do about the weather.

    KMT10Daily LifeWeather & Geography
    締しめ切きりが迫せまっているのに、まだ仕し事ごとが終おわらない。もう徹てつ夜やするしかない、仕し方かたがない。

    The deadline is approaching, but I haven't finished my work yet. I have no choice but to pull an all-nighter; it can't be helped.

    KMT10Work & CareerEmotions & Psychology

    Characters that make up this word

    仕
    つか.える…(2)
    attend・doing・official・serve
    Kanji
    方
    かた・-かた・-がた…(9)
    direction・person・alternative
    Kanji
    が
    ga
    Kana
    な
    na
    Kana
    い
    i
    Kana
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