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    3. 仕方のない

    仕方のない

    仕し方かたの​な​い​

    cannot be helped

    NTNoun, VerbEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab16 strokes

    仕方の無い

    しかたのない

    Noun, Verb

    1.
    cannot be helped, unavoidable, inevitable, (there's) nothing one can do, having no choice
    2.
    pointless, useless, no good, insufficient, not enough
    3.
    hopeless (person), annoying, troublesome, awful
    4.
    cannot stand it, unbearable, cannot help (doing, feeling), dying (to do)

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    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
    の
    no
    Kana
    な
    na
    Kana
    い
    i
    Kana
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