しょうがない

しょうがない · shouganai · JLPT N2 · expression

It is not worth ~

仕方 (way, method) + が + ない (none): no way to do it, so there is no point in ~ing

Usually written 仕方がない (shikata ga nai). The pattern ~してもしょうがない means doing ~ is not worth it, since there is no way it will help.

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