しかない – Vocabulary details

しかない

Adjective (い)

Expression

1. having no choice but to ...; all one can do is ...; there's nothing to do except ...

after a verb

信しんじて待まつしかないんだよね。All I can do is believe and wait.

2. having nothing but ...; there is only ...; having only ...; having no more than ...

after a noun or counter

方ほう法ほうは、これしかなかった。This was the only method.

nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible

信しんじて待まつしかないんだよね。

All I can do is believe and wait.

なら、逃にげるしかない。

Then we have no choice but to run.

座すわって待まつしかなかった。

There was no choice but to sit and wait.

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