My friend made an interesting flashcard for 仕方がない

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1. A certified shikataganai moment

2. That’s.. Th-…. Don’t it that…

3. I was listening to a song and the line 仕方がない came up right when I opened this post lol

4. My gosh, I’m remembering this one article where someone made a big deal out of how 仕方がない was some uniquely Japanese concept that’s core to the Japanese worldview, as though we don’t have phrases with similar meanings in English

   Also, it’s *always* 仕方がない in such thinkpieces, even though in my experience 仕方がない is the least common out of it, 仕方ない, and しょうがない

5. Cold take: you don’t need a flashcard for 仕方がない

6. The first time I encountered 仕方がない in the wild, it was when Frieren and Fern attacked a dragon and couldn’t harm it, so Frieren said 仕方がない 逃げるよ！So that’s what I’ll always associate it with.