Shikata ga nai (Simple English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Shikata ga nai" in Simple English language version.

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"U.S. donations not rushing to Japan," 11Alive News (US). March 17, 2011; excerpt, "Devin Stewart, a senior director at the Japan Society in New York City, said, "Suffering and persevering is a type of virtue in Japan ... the ability to persevere and remain calm under difficult situations. Among the most commonly heard expressions there, are gaman, to persevere or tough it out; gambaru, to do your best, to be strong; and shoganai (skitkata ga nai), it cannot be helped, which expresses a sense of fatalism ...."

boiseweekly.com

Murphy, "Memories of Minidoka: Japanese-Americans revisit southern Idaho's internment camp," Archived 2012-10-16 at the Wayback Machine Boise Weekly. May 5, 2005; "Shikata ga nai," Archived 2007-03-10 at the Wayback Machine Time, October 8, 1945; retrieved 2012-10-4.

books.google.com

Chamberlain, Basil Hall. (1889). A handbook of colloquial Japanese, p. 5.
Renshaw, Jean R. (1999). Kimono in the Boardroom: The Invisible Evolution of Japanese Women Managers, p. 198; New Mexico Quarterly, Vol. 36, p. 182; excerpt, "The people of Hiroshima experienced a disastrous event for which there was no precedent. New words and attitudes were born in them — shogonai (it's useless to try; the shrug of despair) ..."; retrieved 2012-10-4.

japantimes.co.jp

Hooper, Rowan. "TM bolsters notion of a Japanese mind-set over mortality,"^{[permanent dead link]} Japan Times. June 9, 2005; retrieved 2012-10-4.

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minnesota.publicradio.org

"Quake response showcases Japan's resilient spirit," MPRNews (Minnestoa Public Radio). March 15, 2011; retrieved 2012-10-4.

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Murphy, "Memories of Minidoka: Japanese-Americans revisit southern Idaho's internment camp," Archived 2012-10-16 at the Wayback Machine Boise Weekly. May 5, 2005; "Shikata ga nai," Archived 2007-03-10 at the Wayback Machine Time, October 8, 1945; retrieved 2012-10-4.

web.archive.org

Murphy, "Memories of Minidoka: Japanese-Americans revisit southern Idaho's internment camp," Archived 2012-10-16 at the Wayback Machine Boise Weekly. May 5, 2005; "Shikata ga nai," Archived 2007-03-10 at the Wayback Machine Time, October 8, 1945; retrieved 2012-10-4.