仕方がない

• 仕(し)方(かた)ない (shikata nai)
• 仕(し)様(よう)がない (shiyō ga nai)
• しょうがない (shō ga nai)
• 致(いた)し方(かた)ない (itashikata nai)

Phrase composed of 仕方がない (shikata ga nai, literally “there is no way”).

• (Tokyo) しかたがない [shìkátá gá náꜜì] (Nakadaka – [5])
• IPA^(key): [ɕi̥ka̠ta̠ ɡa̠ na̠i]

仕(し)方(かた)がない • (shikata ga nai) 

1. it can't be helped, nothing can be done about it, have no choice, c'est la vie, it is what it is
2. it is no use
3. it cannot be borne, one cannot help but (+ verb)

• (Kansai) しゃあない (shā nai)
• どうしようもない (dō shiyō mo nai)

• 仕(し)方(かた)のない (shikata no nai), 仕(し)方(かた)の無(な)い (shikata no nai): that can't be helped (adjectival phrase modifying a noun)
• しょうがない (shō ga nai)
• ざるを得(え)ない (-zaru o enai, “cannot help but”)

• Ineko Kondō, Fumi Takano, Mary E. Althaus, et al. (2002), Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, third edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN