This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

仕方がない、それはいかんともしがたい。

Sentence Analyzer

仕方 ない それ いかん ともし がたい

English Translation

It can't be helped.

Furigana

仕方(しかた)がない、それはいかんともしがたい。

Romanji

Shikata ga nai, sore wa ikan tomoshi gatai.

Words

仕方 (しかた)
way; method; means; resource; course
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
無い (ない)
nonexistent; not being (there); unpossessed; unowned; not had; unique; indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility; not ...; to not be...; to have not ...
其れ (それ)
that (indicating an item or person near the listener, the action of the listener, or something on their mind); it; that time; then; there (indicating a place near the listener); you
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
如何 (いかん)
how; in what way; circumstances
点す (ともす、とぼす)
to light; to turn on
難い (にくい、がたい)
difficult to ...; hard to ...

Kanji

Readings: シ、 ジ、 つか.える
Meanings: attend, doing, official, serve
Readings: ホウ、 かた、 -かた、 -がた
Meanings: direction, person, alternative