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32 lines
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# Possibility: no choice
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## しかない
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Means "have no choice but".
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Used with verbs in dictionary form.
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> [!info] Example
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> {説明書|せつめいしょ}を{読|よ}む==しかない==な。
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> I guess I have no choice but to read to manual.
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## よりほかない・にほかならない (NEW!)
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<div class="usage">
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<div class="">
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<p><span class="box">V</span></p>
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</div>
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<p class="r">+ よりほかない</p>
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</div>
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<div class="usage">
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<div class="">
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<p><span class="box">N</span></p>
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</div>
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<p class="r">+ にほかならない</p>
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</div>
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Means "nothing but", "simply". This form puts more emphasis than しかない.
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> [!info] Example
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> {携帯|けいたい}は{壊|こわ}れていったので、{新|あたら}しいのを{買|か}う==よりほかない==。
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> My phone broke, so I have no choice but to buy a new one.
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