私たちは店が開くまで、しばらく待つより仕方がなかった。

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English Translation

We had no choice but to wait for a while until the store opened.

Furigana

私(わたし)たちは店(みせ)が開(ひら)くまで、しばらく待(ま)つより仕方(しかた)がなかった。

Romanji

Watashitachi wa mise ga hiraku made, shibaraku matsu yori shikata ga nakatta.

Words

私たち (わたしたち、わたくしたち)

we; us

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

店 (みせ)

store; shop; establishment; restaurant

が (が)

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

開く (ひらく)

to open; to undo; to unseal; to unpack; to bloom; to unfold; to spread out; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen; to hold (meeting, etc.); to give; to open; to found (nation, dynasty, sect, etc.); to open (a new business); to set up; to establish; to start; to open (ports, borders, etc.); to open (an account); to open up (new land, path, etc.); to clear; to develop; to open (a file, etc.); to extract (root); to reduce (equation); to cut open (fish); to change (kanji into hiragana); to flare (e.g. skirt); to slacken (into a poor posture)

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

暫く (しばらく、しゅゆ、すゆ)

little while; short while; moment; instant; a while; quite a time; it's been a long time

待つ (まつ)

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

より (より)

than; from; out of; since; at; on; except; but; other than; more

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 ...