"仕方" meaning in Japanese

See 仕方 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ɕika̠ta̠] Forms: 仕方 [canonical] (ruby: 仕(し), 方(かた)), shikata [romanization]
Etymology: From し (shi, “to do”, continuative form of する) + 方(かた) (kata, “method”). Etymology templates: {{ja-l/helper|する||}} する, {{ja-l|する}} する, {{ja-compound|し||方|かた|pos1=continuative form of する|t1=to do|t2=method}} し (shi, “to do”, continuative form of する) + 方(かた) (kata, “method”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|しかた}} 仕(し)方(かた) • (shikata)
  1. a way to do something, method, means
    Sense id: en-仕方-ja-noun-KpQOL~ZZ Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 84 16 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 68 32 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 74 26 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 73 27 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 93 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 93 7
  2. behavior towards others, treatment
    Sense id: en-仕方-ja-noun-sg3PAfZH Categories (other): Japanese terms with 2 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 39 61
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 仕方話, 仕方噺 (shikatabanashi) (english: talking with gestures), 仕方ない, 仕方無い: it can't be helped (shikata nai), it's inevitable, 仕方なく, 仕方無く (shikata naku) (english: helplessly, reluctantly, as a last resort), 仕方無しに (shikata nashi ni) (english: helplessly, reluctantly), 仕方がない, 仕方が無い: it can't be helped (shikata ga nai), 仕方のない, 仕方の無い: it can't be helped (shikata no nai)

Alternative forms

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          "text": "掃除の仕方"
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      "word": "仕方無しに"
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      "word": "仕方が無い: it can't be helped"
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Download raw JSONL data for 仕方 meaning in Japanese (2.5kB)

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