致し方・いたし方|いたしかたitashikata[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounway; method; means; resource; course

• Synonymやり方やりかたNeutralThe everyday word for a way of doing something. 「致し方」 is the formal counterpart of 「仕方」, seen mostly in 「致し方ない」「致し方なく」.
• Synonym方法ほうほうNeutralThe most general word for a method of achieving a goal. 「致し方」 rarely stands alone and appears mainly in 「致し方ない」「致し方がない」.
• Synonym手段しゅだんNeutralStresses the means taken to achieve an end, as in 「強硬手段」. 「致し方」 is not used this way.
• Synonym仕方しかたNeutralSame meaning; 「致し方」 is its formal variant, and 「致し方ない」 sounds more polite than 「仕方ない」.
• Synonym方式ほうしきNeutralRefers to an established form or system, as in 「選挙方式」. 「致し方」 does not denote a systematic method.
• Related手法しゅほうWrittenA written/formal term for techniques in art or technology. 「致し方」 carries no sense of technique.
• Related仕様しようNeutralIn the sense of way or means it appears mostly in 「仕様がない」; today it more often means specifications. 「致し方ない」 is the more formal phrasing.
• Related手てNeutralBy extension, a move or option, as in 「打つ手がない」「その手があった」. 「致し方」 never means a move or trick.
• Related手口てぐちNeutralUsually a criminal method or trick, with a negative shade; in stock trading it also refers to a broker's buying and selling. 「致し方」 has no such uses.
• Related手立ててだてNeutralConcrete measures or countermeasures, as in 「手立てを講じる」. 「致し方」 is mostly confined to negative expressions.
• Related筋道すじみちNeutralReason, logic and the proper order of doing things. It cannot express 'there is no help for it'.
• Related術じゅつWrittenA written word, mostly in the negative 「なす術もない」, meaning there is nothing one can do. Like 「致し方ない」 it conveys helplessness but is more literary.
• Relatedやり口やりくちCasualColloquial; usually describes another person's way of doing things, often with a negative shade such as a sly trick. 「致し方」 is neutral, mostly in 「致し方ない」.
• RelatedメソッドNeutralLoanword for a systematic methodology or a method in programming. Not used in 'no way around it' expressions like 「致し方ない」.
• Related方途ほうとWrittenA written/formal word for a way out or means, as in 「解決の方途」. 「致し方」 appears mostly in 「致し方ない」.

For a general way of doing something, say 「やり方」 or 「方法」. 「致し方」 itself is mostly limited to 「致し方ない」「致し方なく」, the polite business counterpart of 「仕方ない」. Use 「手段」 for means to an end, 「方式」 for established systems, 「手法」 for techniques, 「手立て」 for concrete measures, and 「方途」 in formal writing.

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1. 何なんかをする時ときの、やり方かたやほうほう。