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[()·かた()·()·]
shikatanai
i adjective (negative)

Alternate Written Forms:

[()·かた()··]
shikatanai

Root Words:

[()·かた() + ()·]
shikata + nai

English Meaning(s) for 仕方無い

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)

Definition and Synonyms for 仕方無い

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 仕方無い

» attend; doing; official; serve
» direction; person; alternative
» nothingness; none; ain't; nothing; nil; not

Stroke Order Diagrams for 仕方無い

Conjugations for 仕方無い

Adjective stem
[()·かた()·()]
shikatana
te-form
[()·かた()·()··]
shikatanakute
Adverbial Form
[()·かた()·()·]
shikatanaku
Plain Form
Present Indicative Form
[()·かた()·()·]
shikatanai
Present Indicative Negative Form
[()·かた()·()···]
shikatanakunai
Past Indicative Form
[()·かた()·()···]
shikatanakatta
Past Indicative Negative Form
[()·かた()·()·····]
shikatanakunakatta
Provisional Form
Present Indicative Form
[()·かた()·()···]
shikatanakereba
Conditional Form
Present Indicative Form
[()·かた()·()····]
shikatanakattara
Nominalized Form
Objective Form
[()·かた()·()·]
shikatanasa

Sample Sentences for 仕方無い

That's the way he is.
That's pretty normal.
There was nothing for it but to obey.
It is no use getting angry at him.
Tom had a good reason for being late.

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