私たちはその店が開くまで、しばらく待つしかなかった。

we; us

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

that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...

store; shop; establishment; restaurant

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

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)

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

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

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

only; nothing but

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