てもしょうがない / てもしかたがない

About

～Xても始はじまらない and ～Xても仕方しかたがない are both used to express "It's no use to do X", wherein X is a て form verb. This entry concerns ～Xても仕方しかたがない.

～ても仕方しかたない is a combination of a て form verb, the も particle, and 仕方しかたない ("no use"). ～ても仕方しかたがない can also be written as ～ても仕方しかたない and ～てもしょうがない, with the latter being more casual.

～ても仕方しかたがない has a nuance that "doing X is pointless".

E.g. 閉しまっているから、どれだけ待まっていてもしかたないですよ。 "It's closed, so no matter how much you wait around, it's no use."

E.g. あと3分ぷんで試験しけんが始はじまるから、今いま勉強べんきょうしてもしかたがない。 "The test is going to start in three minutes, so it's pointless to study now."

～ても仕方しかたがない can also be used to express that "it can't be helped that X".

E.g. ポテチとチョコレートしか食たべてなかったら、太ふとってもしかたない。 "All (they) ate was potato chips and chocolate so it can't be helped that they gained weight."

Summary

• 

  ～Xても仕方しかたがない is used to express "It's no use to do X"

• 

  ～ても仕方しかたがない can also be written as ～ても仕方しかたない and ～てもしょうがない

• 

  ～ても仕方しかたがない has a nuance that "doing X is pointless"

• 

  ～ても仕方しかたがない can also be used to express that "it can't be helped that X"