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仕様がない しょうがない N2

  1. there's no (other) way
  2. (there's) nothing one can do; cannot be helped; having no choice; inevitable; it is what it is; unavoidable
  3. insufficient; it's no use (doing); no good; not enough; pointless; useless
  4. annoying; awful; hopeless (person); troublesome
  5. cannot help (doing, feeling); cannot stand it; dying (to do); unbearable
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