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This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

服従するよりほかしかたがなかった。

Sentence Analyzer

服従する より ほか しかた なかった

English Translation

There was nothing for it but to obey.

Furigana

服従(ふくじゅう)するよりほかしかたがなかった。

Romanji

Fukujūsuru yori hoka shikata ga nakatta.

Words

服従 (ふくじゅう)
obedience; submission; resignation
より (より)
than; from; out of; since; at; on; except; but; other than; more
(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...
仕方 (しかた)
way; method; means; resource; course
()
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 ...

Kanji

Reading: フク
Meanings: clothing, admit, obey, discharge
Readings: ジュウ、 ショウ、 ジュ、 したが.う、 したが.える、 より
Meanings: accompany, obey, submit to, comply, follow, secondary, incidental, subordinate