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jmdict 1305420 Active (id: 2277567)
1305420 jmdict A [id=2277567]
仕方がない[ichi1,news2,nf41];仕方が無い[sK];し方がない[sK]
しかたがない[ichi1,news2,nf41]
[1][exp,adj-i]
  there's no (other) way
[2][exp,adj-i]
  cannot be helped; unavoidable; inevitable; (there's) nothing one can do; having no choice
[3][exp,adj-i]
  [note="oft. as 〜ても仕方がない"]
  it's no use (doing); pointless; useless; no good; insufficient; not enough
[4][exp,adj-i]
  hopeless (person); annoying; troublesome; awful
[5][exp,adj-i]
  [note="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)



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