仕方ない， しかたない
1. there's no (other) way
2. cannot be helped, unavoidable, inevitable, (there's) nothing one can do, having no choice
3. it's no use (doing), pointless, useless, no good, insufficient, not enough
4. hopeless (person), annoying, troublesome, awful
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え？トナーが切れてるんですか？仕方ないですね。加藤さん、すみませんが職員室に取りに行って下さい。
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Eh? Have we run out of toner? Oh well, sorry, but can you go the staff-room and get some, Katou?
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彼の電話番号はよく知らない。番号帳でしらべてくれるより仕方ない。
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I'm not sure what his number is. You'll have to look it up in the telephone directory.
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働くより仕方ない。
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We have no alternative but to work.
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息子は仕方なく両親の希望に従った。
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The son acquiesced in his parents' wishes.
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従うよりほかしかたない。
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There is nothing for it but to obey.
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従うよりしかたなかった。
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There was no option but to obey.
There was nothing for it but to obey.
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私は仕方なく、つり革につかまった。
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I was compelled to hold a strap.
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私は行くより仕方なかった。
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I had no choice but to go.
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仕方なかったんだ。
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It couldn't be helped.
That couldn't be helped.
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