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仕方 (しかた, shikata) Japanese meaning: way | Kotomora
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料りょう
理り
の
仕し
方かた
を
教おし
え
て
ください
。
Please teach me how to make this dish.
Expressions 仕し 方かた がない there's no way; can't be helped; unavoidable · it's no use; pointless; useless · hopeless; annoying; troublesome · can't stand it; unbearable; dying to 仕し 方かた のない cannot be helped; unavoidable; inevitable · pointless; useless; no good · hopeless (person); annoying; troublesome · cannot stand it; unbearable; cannot help (doing) Kanji 方 direction, person, alternative Related words· 6 方法 is a more general and formal word for a method or procedure, while 仕方 is everyday and often used in phrases about having or lacking a way to do something.
やり方 focuses on the concrete procedure or manner of doing something, whereas 仕方 can also express the mere existence or absence of a course of action.
手段 refers to a strategic means used to reach a goal, while 仕方 is a more neutral, everyday word for how something is done.
仕方 is the everyday word for a way or method and appears in the common phrase 仕方がない, while 仕様 is now mostly restricted to set phrases like 仕様がない or the technical sense of specifications.
Show 2 more 仕方 means the way of doing something in general, whereas 取り方 narrows this to the way of 'taking' or 'getting' a specific thing.
仕方 means the way of doing something in general, while 使い方 specifically means the way of using a tool, object, or person.
Word family can't be helped; unavoidable; no choice · pointless; no use; useless · hopeless; troublesome; awful · can't help (doing/feeling); unbearable; dying to
talking with gestures; gestured storytelling
reluctantly; helplessly; as a last resort
Written forms 仕し 方かた Usage 81%
Standard kanji spelling for the noun meaning a way, method, or available course of action.
しかた Usage 19%
Kana spelling is also seen in everyday writing, especially in common phrases such as しかたがない, but the kanji form is the main dictionary spelling.
Etymology Formed from し, the continuative stem of する “to do,” and 方 “way”; 仕 is the conventional spelling of し in this compound.
なしに
helplessly; reluctantly; having no choice
