仕
仕

attend, doing, official, serve

5 strokesFrequency 439JLPT N3Grade 3

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しまう仕舞う終う了う蔵うUsually kanaGodan verbFreq #52
1

Transitive verb

to finish; to stop; to end; to put an end to; to bring to a close

Examples
買い物を済ませてしまったら電話します。
I will call you when I have done my shopping.
2

Transitive verb

to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to shut down; to shut up

3

Transitive verb

to put away; to put back; to keep; to store

Examples
本とノートをしまいなさい。
Put away your books and notebooks.
4

Auxiliary verb; After the -te form of a verb

to do completely; to finish

Examples
やってしまったことは元に戻らない。
What is done cannot be undone.
5

Auxiliary verb; After the -te form of a verb

to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do; to end up ...

Examples
彼女は短絡的な思考で、表面的な情報だけで判断してしまう。
She ends up making decisions based on superficial information because of her simplistic thinking.
仕事しごとNounFreq #194
1

Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru; Intransitive verb

work; job; labor; labour; business; task; assignment; occupation; employment

Examples
「あなたは仕事が気に入っていると思います」「いやそれどころか、嫌いです」
"I think you like your job." "On the contrary, I hate it."
2

Physics

work

幸せしあわせしやわせ倖せ仕合わせ仕合せNoun～な Adj.Freq #636
1

happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing

Examples
金持ちが幸せとは限らない。
The rich are not always happy.
仕方ないしかたない～い Adj.Freq #1361
1

there's no (other) way

2

cannot be helped; unavoidable; inevitable; (there's) nothing one can do; having no choice

3

Oft. as 〜ても仕方ない

it's no use (doing); pointless; useless; no good; insufficient; not enough

4

hopeless (person); annoying; troublesome; awful

5

As 〜て仕方ない or 〜で仕方ない

cannot stand it; unbearable; cannot help (doing, feeling); dying (to do)

Examples
パーティーが待ち遠しくて仕方ない。
I just can't wait for the party.
仕方がないしかたがない～い Adj.ExpressionFreq #1993
1

there's no (other) way

Examples
彼を待つより仕方がない。
All we can do is to wait for him.
2

cannot be helped; unavoidable; inevitable; (there's) nothing one can do; having no choice

Examples
自分でやったことだから仕方がないね。
You brought it on yourself.
3

Oft. as 〜ても仕方がない

it's no use (doing); pointless; useless; no good; insufficient; not enough

Examples
そんなに健康のことを心配しても仕方がない。
There is no sense in your worrying about your health so much.
4

hopeless (person); annoying; troublesome; awful

Examples
全くあの男は仕方がないうそつきだ。
He is simply a hopeless liar.
5

As 〜て仕方がない or 〜で仕方がない

cannot stand it; unbearable; cannot help (doing, feeling); dying (to do)

Examples
コーヒーが飲みたくて仕方がない。
I'm dying for a cup of coffee.
しょうがないしようがない仕様がない～い Adj.ExpressionUsually kanaFreq #2038
1

there's no (other) way

Examples
彼の発言は他に解釈のしようがない。
His remarks allow of no other interpretation.
2

cannot be helped; unavoidable; inevitable; (there's) nothing one can do; having no choice; it is what it is

Examples
今回はあきらめな。しょうがないよ。
Give up on this one. You're wasting your time.
3

Oft. as 〜てもしょうがない

it's no use (doing); pointless; useless; no good; insufficient; not enough

Examples
空席があるのに立っていてもしょうがない。
There is no sense in standing when there are seats available.
4

hopeless (person); annoying; troublesome; awful

Examples
あの子はしょうがない子だ。
That child is impossible.
5

As 〜てしょうがない or 〜でしょうがない

cannot stand it; unbearable; cannot help (doing, feeling); dying (to do)

Examples
今日は、もうだるくてしょうがない。
I've had it for today. I'm too tired.
どうしようもない～い Adj.ExpressionUsually kanaFreq #2043
1

it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it

Examples
こんなどうしようもない愚息ですが、どうかご贔屓ください。
I may be a hopeless fool, but please be kind to me.
仕掛けるしかけるTransitiveIchidan verbFreq #2097
1

to start; to begin; to commence

2

to challenge; to pick (a fight); to make (war); to draw (a reaction) from

3

to set (traps); to plant (explosives); to lay (mines)

Examples
彼はその動物をとらえるためにわなをしかけた。
He set a trap to catch the animal.
4

Mahjong

to make a meld call

仕方しかたNounFreq #2377
1

way; method; means; resource; course

Examples
あなたはチェスの仕方を知っていますか。
Do you know how to play chess?
始末しまつ仕末NounFreq #2617
1

Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru

management; dealing with; settlement; cleaning up; disposal

Examples
彼は午後いっぱい使って昨年のほうれん草の根を始末した。
He's spent all afternoon rooting up last year's spinach plants.
2

course of events; circumstances; particulars

3

end result (usu. bad); outcome

Examples
世界からは【麻疹輸出国】と嫌味とも本音ともとれることをいわれている始末。
Ending up with being called a "measles exporting country" by the rest of the world, something that you could take as insult or truth.
4

Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru; Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)

economizing; economising; frugality; being thrifty

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