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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 does nothing but slack off. He's a hopeless cause.'

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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…。

      Since it’s the boss’s orders, it can’t be helped. I’ll just go in on my day off…

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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, I have no choice but to confess.

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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: 'You got a zero on a test? At this point, all I can do is laugh, right?'

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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。

      Maybe it’s because it’s so happy to see me after a long time he can't stand it, but my dog is peeing from excitement.

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