仕し方かた

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Common wordJLPTN4Freq.FrequencyTop 2,000

Meanings

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noun

Refers to how something is done, or to an available means or course of action. Very common in negative expressions such as 仕方がない, meaning that there is no way around something or no choice.

この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.

他ほかに仕し方かたがない。

There is no other way.

Written forms

仕し方かたUsage81%
Standard kanji spelling for the noun meaning a way, method, or available course of action.
しかたUsage19%
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.

Kanji

仕attend, doing, official
方direction, person, alternative

Similar words

方ほう法ほう
A more general and often slightly more formal word for a method or procedure; 仕方 is more everyday and often appears in fixed phrases about having or not having a way.
やり方かた
Means the way of doing something and is very close in everyday use; やり方 focuses more directly on the procedure or manner of performing an action.
手しゅ段だん
Means a means or measure used to achieve a goal; it is more strategic or instrumental than 仕方.

Etymology

A compound of 仕, associated here with doing or performing, and 方 meaning 'way' or 'manner'; literally, it is the 'way of doing' something.