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N1 い-adjective

仕方(しかた)ないit can't be helped, it's inevitable, it's no use, can't stand it, impatient, annoyed

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    1. い-adjective

      1. 1.

        there's no (other) way

      2. 2.

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

      3. 3.

        it's no use (doing), pointless, useless, no good, insufficient, not enough

        oft. as 〜ても仕方ない

      4. 4.

        hopeless (person), annoying, troublesome, awful

      5. 5.

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

        as 〜て仕方ない or 〜で仕方ない

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    仕方ない 【しかたない】

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      父(ちち)：「息子(むすこ)は怠(なま)けてばかりで仕方(しかた)ない奴(やつ)だ。」

      Father: "My son is a good-for-nothing who just lazes around all the time. It can't be helped." {it can't be helped, it's inevitable, it's no use, can't stand it, impatient, annoyed}

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      社長(しゃちょう)の命令(めいれい)では仕方(しかた)ない。休日(きゅうじつ)出勤(しゅっきん)をしよう…。

      There's no helping it if it's the president's order. Let's go to work on the holiday... {it can't be helped, it's inevitable, it's no use, can't stand it, impatient, annoyed}

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      警察官(けいさつかん)に尋問(じんもん)されているので、打(う)ち明(あ)けるより仕方(しかた)ないです。

      Since I'm being questioned by the police officer, it's inevitable that I have to confess. {it can't be helped, it's inevitable, it's no use, can't stand it, impatient, annoyed}

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      母(はは)：「テストで０点(てん)とったの？もう笑(わら)うより仕方(しかた)ないでしょ？」

      Mother: "Did you get zero on the test? There's nothing to do but laugh, it can't be helped, can it?" {it can't be helped, it's inevitable, it's no use, can't stand it, impatient, annoyed}

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      久(ひさ)しぶりに私(わたし)に会(あ)えて嬉(うれ)しくて仕方(しかた)ないのか、飼(か)い犬(いぬ)が嬉(うれ)ションをしています。

      Perhaps my pet dog is so happy to see me after a long time that it can't help but urinate out of excitement. {it can't be helped, it's inevitable, it's no use, can't stand it, impatient, annoyed}

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