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  2. /方: the way of doing something
  3. /shikata ga nai.

shikata ga nai.

仕し方かた が ない。shikata ga nai.
It's no use. / It can't be helped.

Literally: there is no way of doing.

shikata ga nai.

Note

Literally: there is no way of doing.

Breakdown of shikata ga nai.

がga
subject particle
するsuru
to do
ないnai
not
〜方かた〜kata
way of; method of
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