N21654/1725

仕しょ様うがない

rarely used kanji formusually written using kana aloneexpressionい adjectiveadjective (generic)

Meanings

there's no (other) way
cannot be helped, unavoidable, inevitable, (there's) nothing one can do, having no choice, it is what it is
it's no use (doing), pointless, useless, no good, insufficient, not enough
hopeless (person), annoying, troublesome, awful
cannot stand it, unbearable, cannot help (doing, feeling), dying (to do)

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Example sentences

試験しけんに落おちてしまったが、しょうがない。次つぎは頑張がんばろう。

I failed the exam, but it can't be helped. I'll do my best next time.

雨あめが降ふっているから、外出がいしゅつできないのはしょうがないね。

Since it's raining, there's nothing we can do about not being able to go out.

彼女かのじょはもう決きめたんだから、止とめようとしてもしょうがないよ。

Since she's already made up her mind, there's no point in trying to stop her.

過去かこのことをいつまでも後悔こうかいしていてもしょうがないので、前まえを向むいて進すすむしかない。

There's no use regretting the past forever, so I have no choice but to look forward and move on.

上司じょうしの理不尽りふじんな指示しじに従したがわなければならないとは、まったくしょうがない話はなしだ。

Having to follow my supervisor's unreasonable instructions is truly an unavoidable and frustrating situation.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)