Word · 単語
仕方ない
Reading しかたない
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 〜ても仕方ない
- 4 hopeless (person), annoying, troublesome, awful
- 5 cannot stand it, unbearable, cannot help (doing, feeling), dying (to do) — as 〜て仕方ない or 〜で仕方ない
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例文 · examples
パーティーが待ち遠しくて仕方ない。
I just can't wait for the party.
sense 5 · cannot stand it
暑くて仕方ない。
It's too hot.
仕方なかったんだ。
That couldn't be helped.
それは仕方ない。
It cannot be helped.
私は行くより仕方なかった。
I had no choice but to go.