仕方ない

Meaning

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

Example sentences

• 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。

  Eh? Have we run out of toner? Oh well, sorry, but can you go the staff-room and get some, Katou?

• 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。

  I'm not sure what his number is. You'll have to look it up in the telephone directory.

• 働くより仕方ない。

  We have no alternative but to work.