仕方

• 読み: しかた
• ローマ字: shikata
• 漢字の分解: 仕 (shi/ji) — do, serve; 方 (kata/hō) — way, direction
• 発音: /ɕi.ka.ta/

意味

Way of doing something; method; means. Often used in the expression 仕方がない (it can't be helped).

Formed from 仕 (doing) and 方 (way/direction). Most famously appears in the expression 仕方がない or 仕方ない, which conveys resignation or acceptance of an unavoidable situation — a deeply Japanese cultural concept. On its own, 仕方 simply means 'the way to do something,' as in やり方 or 使い方.

例文

1. この機械の使い方がわかりません。仕方を教えてください。
2. 雨だから仕方がないね。
3. 料理の仕方を母に習いました。

使い方ガイド

場面: daily life, instructions, resignation, explanations

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

Compound of 仕 (shi, doing/serving) and 方 (kata, way/method). A native Japanese word construction meaning 'the manner of doing.'

文化的背景

時代: Classical

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal