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# Possibility: no choice
## しかない
Means "have no choice but".
Used with verbs in dictionary form.
> [!info] Example
> {説明書|せつめいしょ}を{読|よ}む==しかない==な。
> I guess I have no choice but to read to manual.
## よりほかない・にほかならない
<div class="usage">
<div class="">
<p><span class="box">V</span></p>
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<p class="r">+ よりほかない</p>
</div>
<div class="usage">
<div class="">
<p><span class="box">N</span></p>
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<p class="r">+ にほかならない</p>
</div>
Means "nothing but", "simply". This form puts more emphasis than しかない.
> [!info] Example
> {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==。
> My phone broke, so I have no choice but to buy a new one.