Vocabulary

What does 仕方 (しかた, shikata) mean?

仕方 (しかた, shikata) means way of doing, method.

Quick facts
Readingしかた
Romajishikata
Part of speechnoun
Level (estimated, JLPT framework)N4
しかた
N4 · estimated, JLPT frameworkCommonshikata

way of doing, method

  1. 1noun way; method; means

Example sentences

  • Please teach me how to cook this.

  • I don't know how to do this job.

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Entries, readings and English glosses: JMdict — Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group (EDRDG), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and their translations written by GoMe.

Voice: VOICEVOX Nemo.

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