しかたがない (shikata ga nai)

Meaning

  1. there’s no (other) way

All JLPT 3 grammar : 仕方がない(しかたがない, shikata ga nai), there’s no (other) way, [Expression, I-adjective]

Example

日本語意味
彼女を待つより他に仕方がなかった。There was nothing for it but to wait for her.
彼女はうれしくてうれしくて仕方がない。She was beside herself with joy.
彼女にもう一度会いたくてしかたがない。I am dying to see her again.
彼を待つより仕方がない。All we can do is to wait for him.

Vocabulary

日本語ローマ字意味
houdirection, way, side
彼女kanojoshe, her
仕方shikataway, method, means
hokaother, the rest
待つmatsuto wait, to look forward to
dodegree, counter for occurrences
kaimeeting, assembly
一度ichidoonce, one time

Kanji

漢字おんよみくんよみ意味
ジョ,ニョ,ニョウおんな, めwoman, female
ホウかた, -かた, -がたdirection
シ,ジつか.えるattend, doing
タイま.つ, -ま.ちwait, depend on
かれ, かの, か.のhe, that, the
ほかother, another
ド,ト,タクたび, -た.いdegrees
カイ,エあ.う, あ.わせる, あつ.まるmeeting

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