やむかたなしじ字FuriganaMeanings1expressionit can't be helped; there's no other wayusually written using kana aloneA set phrase expressing resignation or acceptance that a situation is unavoidable. Slightly formal or literary in tone.こうなった以い上じょう、やむかたなしだ。Now that it has come to this, it can't be helped.やむかたなしと諦あきらめるしかなかった。I had no choice but to give up, accepting that there was no other way.
