仕様がない
shouganai
there's no (other) way
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  1. shouganai there's no (other) way; cannot be helped, unavoidable, inevitable, (there's) nothing one can do, having no choice, it is what it is; it's no use (doing), pointless, useless, no good, insufficient, not enough; hopeless (person), annoying, troublesome, awful
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Kanji Breakdown
Attend, Doing, Official, Serve
On: し,じ Kun: つか.える
5 strokes N4
Esq., Way, Manner, Situation, Polite Suffix
On: よう,しょう Kun: さま,さん
14 strokes N3
How to Use This Word
I-adjective (い形容詞)
Pattern
仕様がない → 仕様がなくない → 仕様がなかった → 仕様がなくて

💡 Drop い to get the stem: add くない (negative), かった (past), くて (te-form).

Example
とても仕様がないですね。
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