i-adjective
cannot be helped; unavoidable; nothing one can do
Dated expression equivalent to modern 仕方ない. Conveys resignation or inevitability. Often used in literary or historical contexts.
See also: 仕方ない
こうなってはもう詮方ない。
Now that it's come to this, there's nothing we can do.
People in the past had no choice but to accept their unavoidable fate.