- it cannot be helped; there is no waysee also どうしようもない
- intolerable; unbearablearchaism
adjective (keiyoushi)
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Generated definitions (experimental)
- it cannot be helped; there is no way
- intolerable; unbearable
This phrase is used to express resignation or acceptance of a situation that cannot be changed or avoided.
It rained on the day of the exam, so there was no way to avoid it.
This meaning conveys a sense of something being too much to bear, often used to describe difficult or annoying situations.
Generated collocations (experimental)
せんかたない詮方ないことit is an unavoidable situationせんかたない詮方ないきもち気持ちan intolerable feelingせんかたなく詮方なくまつ待つto wait without any other optionsせんかたなく詮方なくあきらめるto reluctantly give upせんかたない詮方ないじょうきょう状況an unavoidable situationせんかたない詮方ないはなし話a story that cannot be helpedせんかたない詮方ないじじょう事情irresistible circumstancesせんかたない詮方ないけっか結果an inevitable resultせんかたなく詮方なくうけいれる受け入れるto accept without choiceせんかたない詮方ないとあきらめる諦めるto give up because it cannot be helped