仕方なかった

couldn't be helped, was unavoidable

→ 仕方無い

仕方な can’t be helped + かっ Past tense + た Past tense

adjective · past tense Rare #32,862

couldn't be helped, was unavoidable Often used to explain that there was no other choice.

JA: 雨が降っていたので、試合が中止になったのは仕方なかった。

EN: It was unavoidable that the game was canceled because it was raining.

Forms of 仕方無い

Sorry, but I had no choice.

It couldn't be helped.

— 大人は判ってくれない (1959)

It couldn't be helped.

I had no choice but to stay.

There was nothing I could do.

— Sanjuro (1962)