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仕方がない
Readings
しかたがない shikataganai
English
Expression I-adjective (keiyoushi) there's no (other) way Expression I-adjective (keiyoushi) cannot be helped, unavoidable, inevitable, (there's) nothing one can do, having no choice Expression I-adjective (keiyoushi) oft. as 〜ても仕方がない it's no use (doing), pointless, useless, no good, insufficient, not enough Expression I-adjective (keiyoushi) hopeless (person), annoying, troublesome, awful Expression I-adjective (keiyoushi) as 〜て仕方がない or 〜で仕方がない cannot stand it, unbearable, cannot help (doing, feeling), dying (to do)
Present, Future 仕方がない is [x] 仕方がなくない is not [x] Past 仕方がなかった was [x] 仕方がなくなかった was not [x] Te-form, Continuative 仕方がなくて is [x] and... 仕方がなくなくて is not [x] and... Provisional 仕方がなければ if it is [x] 仕方がなくなければ if it is not [x] Conditional 仕方がなかったら when/if it is [x] 仕方がなくなかったら when/if it is not [x] Adverbial 仕方がなく [x]-ly Noun form 仕方がなさ [x]-ness