Jiten beta

しかたがない
Rank #9,403

Meanings

  • expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), adjective (keiyoushi)
    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
  • 4. hopeless (person); annoying; troublesome; awful
  • 5. cannot stand it; unbearable; cannot help (doing, feeling); dying (to do)

Readings

仕方がない
(70%)
しかたがない
(24%)
仕方が無い
(4%)
し方がない
(<0.1%)
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