仕方がない (しかたがない): it can't be helped, it's inevitable — Japanese vocabulary
仕方がない is read しかたがない and means "it can't be helped, it's inevitable". JLPT N2 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.
仕方がない
- Reading
- しかたがない · shikataganai
- Translation
- it can't be helped, it's inevitable
- Level
- JLPT N2
Example
彼を待つより仕方がない。
かれをまつよりしかたがない。
All we can do is to wait for him.
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