仕方しかたがない

shikataga nai

i-Adjective

Expression

1. there's no (other) way

彼かれを待まつより仕方しかたがない。

kareo matsuyori shikataga nai.

All we can do is to wait for him.

i-Adjective

Expression

2. cannot be helped; unavoidable; inevitable; (there's) nothing one can do; having no choice

自分じぶんでやったことだから仕方しかたがないね。

jibunde yatta kotodakara shikataga naine.

You brought it on yourself.

i-Adjective

Expression

3. it's no use (doing); pointless; useless; no good; insufficient; not enough

そんなに健康けんこうのことを心配しんぱいしても仕方しかたがない。

sonnani kenkōno kotō shimpai shitemo shikataga nai.

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

i-Adjective

Expression

4. hopeless (person); annoying; troublesome; awful

全まったくあの男おとこは仕方しかたがないうそつきだ。

mattaku ano otokowa shikataga nai usotsukida.

He is simply a hopeless liar.

i-Adjective

Expression

5. cannot stand it; unbearable; cannot help (doing, feeling); dying (to do)

コーヒーが飲のみたくて仕方しかたがない。

kōhiiga nomitakute shikataga nai.

I'm dying for a cup of coffee.

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