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shikataganai

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Adjective (keiyoushi)
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  1. there's no (other) way

  2. cannot be helped; unavoidable; inevitable; (there's) nothing one can do; having no choice

  3. it's no use (doing); pointless; useless; no good; insufficient; not enough

  4. hopeless (person); annoying; troublesome; awful

  5. cannot stand it; unbearable; cannot help (doing, feeling); dying (to do)

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しゃあない

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shaanai

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Kansai-ben
Kansai-ben
  1. it can't be helped; so it goes; c'est la vie

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itashikatanai

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Humble lang.
  1. there's no (other) way

  2. cannot be helped; unavoidable; inevitable; (there's) nothing one can do; having no choice

  3. it's no use (doing); pointless; useless; no good; insufficient; not enough

  4. hopeless (person); annoying; troublesome; awful

  5. cannot stand it; unbearable; cannot help (doing, feeling); dying (to do)

Full entry for 致し方ない

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