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Conjugation of Japanese adjective 仕方無い - helpless - shikatanai

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    仕方無い

    Reading

    しかたない
    shikatanai

    Meaning

    is helpless

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    仕方無くない

    Reading

    しかたなくない
    shikatanakunai

    Meaning

    is not helpless

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    仕方無いです

    Reading

    しかたないです
    shikatanaidesu

    Meaning

    is helpless

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    仕方無くありません

    Reading

    しかたなくありません
    shikatanakuarimasen

    Meaning

    is not helpless

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    仕方無かった

    Reading

    しかたなかった
    shikatanakatta

    Meaning

    was helpless

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    仕方無くなかった

    Reading

    しかたなくなかった
    shikatanakunakatta

    Meaning

    was not helpless

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    仕方無かったです

    Reading

    しかたなかったです
    shikatanakattadesu

    Meaning

    was helpless

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    仕方無くありませんでした

    Reading

    しかたなくありませんでした
    shikatanakuarimasendeshita

    Meaning

    was not helpless

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    仕方無くて

    Reading

    しかたなくて
    shikatanakute

    Meaning

    is helpless, and...

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    仕方無くなくて

    Reading

    しかたなくなくて
    shikatanakunakute

    Meaning

    is not helpless, and...

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    仕方無いだろう

    Reading

    しかたないだろう
    shikatanaidarou

    Meaning

    will probably be helpless

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    仕方無くないだろう

    Reading

    しかたなくないだろう
    shikatanakunaidarou

    Meaning

    probably won't be helpless

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    仕方無いでしょう

    Reading

    しかたないでしょう
    shikatanaideshou

    Meaning

    will probably be helpless

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    仕方無くないでしょう

    Reading

    しかたなくないでしょう
    shikatanakunaideshou

    Meaning

    probably won't be helpless

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    仕方無く

    Reading

    しかたなく
    shikatanaku

    Meaning

    in a helpless way

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    仕方無ければ

    Reading

    しかたなければ
    shikatanakereba

    Meaning

    if it is helpless

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    仕方無くなければ

    Reading

    しかたなくなければ
    shikatanakunakereba

    Meaning

    if it is not helpless

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    仕方無かったら

    Reading

    しかたなかったら
    shikatanakattara

    Meaning

    if it was helpless

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    仕方無くなかったら

    Reading

    しかたなくなかったら
    shikatanakunakattara

    Meaning

    if it was not helpless

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    仕方無さ

    Reading

    しかたなさ
    shikatanasa

    Meaning

    helpless-ness (or the quality of being helpless)

Word Detail

    word

    仕方無い

    Meaning

    Helpless

Kanji in this Adjective

  • kanji

    仕

    Meaning

    Serve

  • kanji

    方

    Meaning

    Direction

  • kanji

    無

    Meaning

    Nothing

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