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ほかない

usually kana

Meanings

  1. 1.
    exp, adj-ican do nothing but ...; have no choice but to ...; there is nothing to do but ...; cannot help ...

Example sentences

私たちはそこへ行くよりほかなかった。

We had no choice but to go there.

コーヒーは、熱すぎて少しずつ飲むほかなかった。

I had to sip the coffee because it was too hot.

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ほかないほかない

can do nothing but (do); cannot help (doing) something

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