Word · 単語
仕方がない
Reading しかたがない
there's no (other) way
- 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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例文 · examples
そこへ行っても仕方がない。
It is no use going there.
sense 3 · it's no use (doing)
いたずらをするのは仕方が無い。
Boys will be boys.
sense 2 · cannot be helped
コーヒーが飲みたくて仕方がない。
I'm dying for a cup of coffee.
sense 5 · cannot stand it
彼を待つより仕方がない。
All we can do is to wait for him.
sense 1 · there's no (other) way
全くあの男は仕方がないうそつきだ。
He is simply a hopeless liar.
sense 4 · hopeless (person)