仕方ない

しかたない

there's no (other) way

#15,779

Meanings

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

Its kanji

In sentences

暑あつくて仕方しかたない。 It's too hot. #147454

それは仕方しかたない。 It cannot be helped. #205180

働はたらくより仕方しかたない。 We have no alternative but to work. #123799

仕方しかたなかったんだ。 That couldn't be helped. #169009

従したがうよりほかしかたない。 There is nothing for it but to obey. #148022

従したがうよりしかたなかった。 There was nothing for it but to obey. #148023

過すぎたことは仕方しかたないよ。 What's done is done. #2752777

それは、しかたないです。 That's pretty normal. #2887323