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仕(し)·方(かた)·な·か·っ·た

[し(仕)·かた(方)·な·か·っ·た]

i adjective (negative)

Alternate Written Forms:

仕(し)·方(かた)·無(な)·か·っ·た

[し(仕)·かた(方)·な(無)·か·っ·た]

Matched Conjugations:

Plain Past Indicative Form

仕(し)·方(かた)·な·か·っ·た

[し(仕)·かた(方)·な·か·っ·た]

Root Words:

仕(し)·方(かた) + なかった

[し(仕)·かた(方) + なかった]

English Meaning(s) for 仕方なかった

i adjective (negative)

there's no (other) way
cannot be helped; unavoidable; inevitable; (there's) nothing one can do; having no choice
it's no use (doing); pointless; useless; no good; insufficient; not enough (oft. as 〜ても仕方ない)
hopeless (person); annoying; troublesome; awful
cannot stand it; unbearable; cannot help (doing, feeling); dying (to do) (as 〜て仕方ない or 〜で仕方ない)

* Please note, you are viewing the Japanese readings in the plain past indicative form, while the english meanings are based on the dictionary form.

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Definition and Synonyms for 仕方なかった

1.	やむを得ず	嫌々ながら
	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 仕方なかった

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

Conjugations for 仕方なかった

Adjective stem

仕(し)·方(かた)·な

[し(仕)·かた(方)·な]

te-form

仕(し)·方(かた)·な·く·て

[し(仕)·かた(方)·な·く·て]

Adverbial Form

仕(し)·方(かた)·な·く

[し(仕)·かた(方)·な·く]

Plain Form

Present Indicative Form

仕(し)·方(かた)·な·い

[し(仕)·かた(方)·な·い]

Present Indicative Negative Form

仕(し)·方(かた)·な·く·な·い

[し(仕)·かた(方)·な·く·な·い]

Past Indicative Form

仕(し)·方(かた)·な·か·っ·た

[し(仕)·かた(方)·な·か·っ·た]

Past Indicative Negative Form

仕(し)·方(かた)·な·く·な·か·っ·た

[し(仕)·かた(方)·な·く·な·か·っ·た]

Provisional Form

Present Indicative Form

仕(し)·方(かた)·な·け·れ·ば

[し(仕)·かた(方)·な·け·れ·ば]

Conditional Form

Present Indicative Form

仕(し)·方(かた)·な·か·っ·た·ら

[し(仕)·かた(方)·な·か·っ·た·ら]

Nominalized Form

Objective Form

仕(し)·方(かた)·な·さ

[し(仕)·かた(方)·な·さ]

Sample Sentences for 仕方なかった

従うよりしかたなかった。

There was no option but to obey.

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従うよりしかたなかった。

There was nothing for it but to obey.

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とどまるより他に仕方なかった。

I had no choice but to stay.

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仕方なかったんだ。

That couldn't be helped.

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トムが遅刻するのもいたしかたなかった。

Tom had a good reason for being late.

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