仕方ない、仕方無い
しかたない
shikatanai
JMdict entry #1305440
- adjective (keiyoushi) there's no (other) way
- adjective (keiyoushi) cannot be helped; unavoidable; inevitable; (there's) nothing one can do; having no choice
- adjective (keiyoushi) it's no use (doing); pointless; useless; no good; insufficient; not enough
- adjective (keiyoushi) hopeless (person); annoying; troublesome; awful
- adjective (keiyoushi) cannot stand it; unbearable; cannot help (doing, feeling); dying (to do)
Kanji in this word
Example sentences
彼の電話番号はよく知らない。番号帳でしらべてくれるより仕方ない。
kare no denwa bangou ha yoku shira nai 。 bangou chou de shirabe te kureru yori shikatanai 。
I'm not sure what his number is. You'll have to look it up in the telephone directory.
働くより仕方ない。
hataraku yori shikatanai 。
We have no alternative but to work.
息子は仕方なく両親の希望に従った。
musuko ha shikatanaku ryoushin no kibou ni shitagaxtsu ta 。
The son acquiesced in his parents' wishes.
暑くて仕方ない。
atsuku te shikatanai 。
It's too hot.
従うよりほかしかたない。
shitagau yori hoka shikatanai 。
There is nothing for it but to obey.
従うよりしかたなかった。
shitagau yori shikatanakaxtsu ta 。
There was nothing for it but to obey.