母はダイヤの指輪を手放す他なかった。

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母はだいやの指輪を手放す他なかった。

English Translation

My mother had no choice but to part with her diamond ring.

Furigana

母(はは)はダイヤの指輪(ゆびわ)を手放(てばな)す他(ほか)なかった。

Romanji

Haha wa daiya no yubiwa o tebanasu hoka nakatta.

Words

母 (はは、はわ、かか、おも、いろは、あも)

mother

は (は)

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

ダイヤ (ダイヤ、ダイア)

diamond; (railway) schedule; diagram; dyer

の (の)

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

指輪 (ゆびわ)

(finger) ring

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.

手放す (てばなす)

to let go of; to release; to drop; to part with (e.g. a possession); to relinquish; to spare; to sell; to send away (e.g. one's child); to let go; to part with; to temporarily stop working

他 (ほか)

other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but; nothing apart from; nothing aside from; no choice (but to); besides...; in addition to...

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 ...