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[し(仕)·かた(方)·が·な·い]
shikataganai
expression, i adjective (negative)

Alternate Written Forms:

[し(仕)·かた(方)·が·な(無)·い]
shikataganai
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[しかた(方)·が·な·い]
shikataganai
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Root Words:

[し(仕)·かた(方) + が + ない]
shikata + ga + nai

English Meaning(s) for 仕方がない

expression, i adjective (negative)
  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 (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)
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Meanings for each kanji in 仕方がない

» attend; doing; official; serve
» direction; person; alternative

Stroke Order Diagrams for 仕方がない

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Conjugations for 仕方がない

Adjective stem
[し(仕)·かた(方)·が·な]
shikatagana
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te-form
[し(仕)·かた(方)·が·な·く·て]
shikataganakute
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Adverbial Form
[し(仕)·かた(方)·が·な·く]
shikataganaku
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Plain Form
Present Indicative Form
[し(仕)·かた(方)·が·な·い]
shikataganai
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Present Indicative Negative Form
[し(仕)·かた(方)·が·な·く·な·い]
shikataganakunai
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Past Indicative Form
[し(仕)·かた(方)·が·な·か·っ·た]
shikataganakatta
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Past Indicative Negative Form
[し(仕)·かた(方)·が·な·く·な·か·っ·た]
shikataganakunakatta
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Provisional Form
Present Indicative Form
[し(仕)·かた(方)·が·な·け·れ·ば]
shikataganakereba
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Conditional Form
Present Indicative Form
[し(仕)·かた(方)·が·な·か·っ·た·ら]
shikataganakattara
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Nominalized Form
Objective Form
[し(仕)·かた(方)·が·な·さ]
shikataganasa
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Sample Sentences for 仕方がない

It can't be helped.
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We have no choice but to carry on.
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It is no use crying over spilt milk, as the proverb says.
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"Why didn't you come?" "I had no choice."
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We had no choice but to put up with it.
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