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It Cannot Be Helped

仕方が無い (shikata ga nai)

仕方が無い (shikata ga nai) means "It cannot be helped", one of the most quietly resilient phrases in Japanese, spoken when a thing is beyond one's control and must simply be accepted. It joins 仕方 (shikata) "a way, a method" with 無い (nai) "there is none": there is no way around it.
It Cannot Be Helped (仕方が無い) in Block style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase
It Cannot Be Helped 仕方が無い shikata ga nai Block Vertical VB4C
It Cannot Be Helped (仕方が無い) in Cursive style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase
It Cannot Be Helped 仕方が無い shikata ga nai Cursive Vertical VC4B
It Cannot Be Helped (仕方が無い) in Design style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase
It Cannot Be Helped 仕方が無い shikata ga nai Design Vertical VD4B
It Cannot Be Helped (仕方が無い) in Design style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase
It Cannot Be Helped 仕方が無い shikata ga nai Design Vertical VD4C
It Cannot Be Helped (仕方が無い) in Semi-Cursive style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase
It Cannot Be Helped 仕方が無い shikata ga nai Semi-Cursive Vertical VS4C
It Cannot Be Helped (仕方が無い) in Semi-Cursive style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase
It Cannot Be Helped 仕方が無い shikata ga nai Semi-Cursive Vertical VS4D

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