彼が戻って来るまで待つ以外しかたがなかった。

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彼 が 戻って来る まで 待つ 以外 しかた が なかった 。

English Translation

There was nothing for it but to wait till he came back.

Furigana

彼(かれ)が戻(もど)って来(く)るまで待(ま)つ以外(いがい)しかたがなかった。

Romanji

Kare ga modottekuru made matsu igai shikata ga nakatta.

Words

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

戻る (もどる)

to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound; to spring back

迄 (まで)

until (a time); till; to; up to; to (a place); as far as; to (an extent); up to; so far as; even; only; merely

待つ (まつ)

to wait; to await; to look forward to; to anticipate; to depend on; to need

以外 (いがい)

with the exception of; excepting

仕方 (しかた)

way; method; means; resource; course

無い (ない)

nonexistent; not being (there); unpossessed; unowned; not had; unique; indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility; not ...; to not be...; to have not ...

Kanji

彼

Readings: ヒ、 かれ、 かの、 か.の

Meanings: he, that, the

戻

Readings: レイ、 もど.す、 もど.る

Meanings: re-, return, revert, resume, restore, go backwards

来

Readings: ライ、 タイ、 く.る、 きた.る、 きた.す、 き.たす、 き.たる、 き、 こ

Meanings: come, due, next, cause, become

待

Readings: タイ、 ま.つ、 -ま.ち

Meanings: wait, depend on

以

Readings: イ、 もっ.て

Meanings: by means of, because, in view of, compared with

外

Readings: ガイ、 ゲ、 そと、 ほか、 はず.す、 はず.れる、 と-

Meaning: outside