私たちは成り行きを見守るよりしかたがないと思う。

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English Translation

There is nothing for it but to wait and see.

Furigana

私(わたし)たちは成(な)り行(ゆ)きを見守(みまも)るよりしかたがないと思(おも)う。

Romanji

Watashitachi wa nariyuki o mimamoru yori shikata ga nai to omou.

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

成り行き (なりゆき)

outcome; development; course of events; progress; result; market order; order without limit

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

見守る (みまもる)

to watch over; to watch attentively

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

が (が)

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

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 ...

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

思う (おもう)

to think; to consider; to believe; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to regard; to imagine; to suppose; to dream; to expect; to look forward to; to feel; to desire; to want; to recall; to remember