Kanji compounds#967 most used

仕方ない

しかたない4

Pitch accent · 中高 (nakadaka)

cannot be helped; unavoidable

ITS KANJI

ごめん、でも仕方しかたなかったんだ。

I'm sorry, but I had to do it.

from Tatoeba · DJ_Saidez

過すぎたことは仕方しかたないよ。

What's done is done.

from Tatoeba · tommy_san

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

い-adjective

TANGOYA ASKS

there's no (other) way

い-adjective

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

い-adjective

hopeless (person); annoying; troublesome; awful

い-adjective

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

い-adjective

Kind熟語, kanji compounds

Frequency#967 most used

Written仕方ない only

Can be asked asRead, Listen, Recall, Write

Dictionary: JMdict (EDRDG), CC BY-SA 4.0 · pitch: Kanjium