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adjective
- 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.
 
Variations
| Pronunciation | Kanji | Kana | Is Common | |||||||||
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                            仕方ない | しかたない | ✔ | |||||||||
                                
 
 
 
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                            仕方無い | しかたない | 
Contained Kanji Breakdown
attend, doing, official
シ つか.える (3rd, N4)