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仕方がない(P);仕方が無い(sK);し方がない(sK) [しかたがない] /(exp,adj-i) (1) there's no (other) way/(exp,adj-i) (2) cannot be helped/unavoidable/inevitable/(there's) nothing one can do/having no choice/(exp,adj-i) (3) (oft. as 〜ても仕方がない) it's no use (doing)/pointless/useless/no good/insufficient/not enough/(exp,adj-i) (4) hopeless (person)/annoying/troublesome/awful/(exp,adj-i) (5) (as 〜て仕方がない or 〜で仕方がない) cannot stand it/unbearable/cannot help (doing, feeling)/dying (to do)/(P)/EntL1305420/