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{
"etymology_text": "Phrase composed of 仕方がない (shikata ga nai, literally “there is no way”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "仕方がない",
"ruby": [
[
"仕",
"し"
],
[
"方",
"かた"
]
],
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "shikata ga nai",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "しかた が ない"
},
"expansion": "仕(し)方(かた)がない • (shikata ga nai)",
"name": "ja-phrase"
}
],
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"pos": "phrase",
"related": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"roman": "shikata no nai",
"word": "仕方のない"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"raw_tags": [
"modifying a noun"
],
"roman": "shikata no nai",
"tags": [
"adjectival",
"phrase"
],
"word": "仕方の無い: that can't be helped"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"roman": "shō ga nai",
"word": "しょうがない"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "cannot help but",
"roman": "-zaru o enai",
"ruby": [
[
"得",
"え"
]
],
"word": "ざるを得ない"
}
],
"senses": [
{
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{
"_dis": "50 4 45",
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"Entry maintenance"
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{
"_dis": "49 6 45",
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"name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
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"Links with redundant wikilinks",
"Entry maintenance"
],
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},
{
"_dis": "30 33 38",
"kind": "other",
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"parents": [],
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},
{
"_dis": "49 6 45",
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},
{
"_dis": "42 7 51",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
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},
{
"_dis": "49 5 46",
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}
],
"glosses": [
"it can't be helped, nothing can be done about it, have no choice, c'est la vie, it is what it is"
],
"id": "en-仕方がない-ja-phrase-0jhs6nWQ",
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[
"it can't be helped",
"it can't be helped"
],
[
"c'est la vie",
"c'est la vie"
],
[
"it is what it is",
"it is what it is"
]
]
},
{
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{
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"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
"parents": [],
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}
],
"glosses": [
"it is no use"
],
"id": "en-仕方がない-ja-phrase-vSkdgAdW",
"links": [
[
"no use",
"no use"
]
]
},
{
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{
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{
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"Entry maintenance"
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},
{
"_dis": "30 33 38",
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{
"_dis": "49 6 45",
"kind": "other",
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"_dis": "42 7 51",
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},
{
"_dis": "49 5 46",
"kind": "other",
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"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"it cannot be borne, one cannot help but (+ verb)"
],
"id": "en-仕方がない-ja-phrase-tfUoJ9hP",
"links": [
[
"borne",
"borne"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[ɕi̥ka̠ta̠ ɡa̠ na̠i]"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"roman": "shā nai",
"tags": [
"Kansai"
],
"word": "しゃあない"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"roman": "dō shiyō mo nai",
"word": "どうしようもない"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"roman": "shikata nai",
"ruby": [
[
"仕",
"し"
],
[
"方",
"かた"
]
],
"word": "仕方ない"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"roman": "shiyō ga nai",
"ruby": [
[
"仕",
"し"
],
[
"様",
"よう"
]
],
"word": "仕様がない"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"roman": "shō ga nai",
"word": "しょうがない"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"roman": "itashikata nai",
"ruby": [
[
"致",
"いた"
],
[
"方",
"かた"
]
],
"word": "致し方ない"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Shikata ga nai",
"ja:仕方がない"
],
"word": "仕方がない"
}
{
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"Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
"Japanese lemmas",
"Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
"Japanese phrases",
"Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji",
"Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji",
"Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
"Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation missing pitch accent",
"Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
],
"etymology_text": "Phrase composed of 仕方がない (shikata ga nai, literally “there is no way”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "仕方がない",
"ruby": [
[
"仕",
"し"
],
[
"方",
"かた"
]
],
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "shikata ga nai",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "しかた が ない"
},
"expansion": "仕(し)方(かた)がない • (shikata ga nai)",
"name": "ja-phrase"
}
],
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"pos": "phrase",
"related": [
{
"roman": "shikata no nai",
"word": "仕方のない"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"modifying a noun"
],
"roman": "shikata no nai",
"tags": [
"adjectival",
"phrase"
],
"word": "仕方の無い: that can't be helped"
},
{
"roman": "shō ga nai",
"word": "しょうがない"
},
{
"english": "cannot help but",
"roman": "-zaru o enai",
"ruby": [
[
"得",
"え"
]
],
"word": "ざるを得ない"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"it can't be helped, nothing can be done about it, have no choice, c'est la vie, it is what it is"
],
"links": [
[
"it can't be helped",
"it can't be helped"
],
[
"c'est la vie",
"c'est la vie"
],
[
"it is what it is",
"it is what it is"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"it is no use"
],
"links": [
[
"no use",
"no use"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"it cannot be borne, one cannot help but (+ verb)"
],
"links": [
[
"borne",
"borne"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[ɕi̥ka̠ta̠ ɡa̠ na̠i]"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"roman": "shā nai",
"tags": [
"Kansai"
],
"word": "しゃあない"
},
{
"roman": "dō shiyō mo nai",
"word": "どうしようもない"
},
{
"roman": "shikata nai",
"ruby": [
[
"仕",
"し"
],
[
"方",
"かた"
]
],
"word": "仕方ない"
},
{
"roman": "shiyō ga nai",
"ruby": [
[
"仕",
"し"
],
[
"様",
"よう"
]
],
"word": "仕様がない"
},
{
"roman": "shō ga nai",
"word": "しょうがない"
},
{
"roman": "itashikata nai",
"ruby": [
[
"致",
"いた"
],
[
"方",
"かた"
]
],
"word": "致し方ない"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Shikata ga nai",
"ja:仕方がない"
],
"word": "仕方がない"
}
Download raw JSONL data for 仕方がない meaning in Japanese (2.3kB)
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}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-11-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-10-02 using wiktextract (fbeafe8 and 7f03c9b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
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