Definition of 仕方がない (しかたがない)

かた

仕方がない

しかたがない

shikataganai

expression, adjective
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 〜ても仕方がない)
4.
hopeless (person), annoying, troublesome, awful
5.
cannot stand it, unbearable, cannot help (doing, feeling), dying (to do)(as 〜て仕方がない or 〜で仕方がない)
Other readings:
仕方が無い【しかたがない】
し方がない【しかたがない】
Related Kanji
attend, doing, official, serve
direction, person, alternative
nothingness, none, ain't, nothing, nil, not
Conjugations
adjective
Plain
Polite
Negative
Negative (Polite)
Present Indicative - Non-past, present and future tense
仕方がない
しかたがない
shikataganai
仕方がないです
しかたがないです
shikataganaidesu
仕方がなくない
しかたがなくない
shikataganakunai
仕方がなくありません
しかたがなくありません
shikataganakuarimasen

仕方がなくないです
しかたがなくないです
shikataganakunaidesu
Past Indicative - Perfective, past-tense
仕方がなかった
しかたがなかった
shikataganakatta
仕方がなかったです
しかたがなかったです
shikataganakattadesu
仕方がなくなかった
しかたがなくなかった
shikataganakunakatta
仕方がなくありませんでした
しかたがなくありませんでした
shikataganakuarimasendeshita

仕方がなくなかったです
しかたがなくなかったです
shikataganakunakattadesu
Volitional - We will.., We intend to.., Lets..
仕方がなかろう
しかたがなかろう
shikataganakarou
Presumptive - Probably.. Maybe..
仕方がないだろう
しかたがないだろう
shikataganaidarou
te-form
仕方がなくて
しかたがなくて
shikataganakute
Adverb
仕方がなく
しかたがなく
shikataganaku
Provisional - Hypothetical conditional, If (hypothetical)..
仕方がなければ
しかたがなければ
shikataganakereba
仕方がなくなければ
しかたがなくなければ
shikataganakunakereba
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Example sentences(showing 1-20 of 44 results)

He has no choice but to resign

I had no choice but to take the plane

しっぱい
失敗
,
やつ
You failed again? You're hopeless, aren't you

There was nothing for it but to tolerate it

You brought it on yourself

I had no choice but to do what he asked

There was nothing for it but to obey him

There is no sense in your worrying about your health so much

I had no choice but to read it out to them

All we can do is wait for him

He had no choice but to run away

She was beside herself with joy

かれ
彼の
けいかく
計画
どう
同意
There is no choice but to agree to his plan

I cannot do otherwise than obey him

There was nothing for it but to obey

In a situation like this, there is nothing for it but to give in

We had no choice but to call the police last night

It can't be helped. Let's make the best of the bad job

I had no choice but to accept the offer

We had no choice but to wait for a while until the store opened
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