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[し(仕)·かた(方)·な·い]
shikatanai
i adjective (negative)

Alternate Written Forms:

[し(仕)·かた(方)·な(無)·い]
shikatanai
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Root Words:

[し(仕)·かた(方) + ない]
shikata + nai

English Meaning(s) for 仕方ない

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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Definition and Synonyms for 仕方ない

Reluctantly with reluctance
Synonyms: いやいや, いやいや, やむなく, いやいやながら, 不承不承, 仕方ない, 仕方なく, 仕方なしに, やむを得ず, 心ならずも, 渋々

Meanings for each kanji in 仕方ない

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

Stroke Order Diagrams for 仕方ない

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Conjugations for 仕方ない

Adjective stem
[し(仕)·かた(方)·な]
shikatana
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[し(仕)·かた(方)·な·く·て]
shikatanakute
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Adverbial Form
[し(仕)·かた(方)·な·く]
shikatanaku
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Plain Form
Present Indicative Form
[し(仕)·かた(方)·な·い]
shikatanai
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Present Indicative Negative Form
[し(仕)·かた(方)·な·く·な·い]
shikatanakunai
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Past Indicative Form
[し(仕)·かた(方)·な·か·っ·た]
shikatanakatta
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Past Indicative Negative Form
[し(仕)·かた(方)·な·く·な·か·っ·た]
shikatanakunakatta
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Provisional Form
Present Indicative Form
[し(仕)·かた(方)·な·け·れ·ば]
shikatanakereba
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Conditional Form
Present Indicative Form
[し(仕)·かた(方)·な·か·っ·た·ら]
shikatanakattara
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Nominalized Form
Objective Form
[し(仕)·かた(方)·な·さ]
shikatanasa
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Sample Sentences for 仕方ない

We were forced to work hard.
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We have no alternative but to work.
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There is nothing for me to do except to obey the order.
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It's too hot.
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It is no use blaming him for the accident now.
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