我々には死か降伏かのどちらかしかない。

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我々には死か降伏かのどちらかしかない。

English Translation

We have the alternative of death and submission.

Furigana

我々(われわれ)には死(し)か降伏(ごうぶく)かのどちらかしかない。

Romanji

Wareware ni wa shi ka gōbuku ka no dochira ka shika nai.

Words

我々 (われわれ)

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

は (は)

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

死 (し)

death; decease; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation)

か (か)

indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

降伏 (こうふく)

capitulation; surrender; submission

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

何方 (どちら、どっち、いずかた、いずち、どち、いずし、なにざま)

which way; which direction; where; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who

しか (しか)

only; nothing but

ない (ない)

not; emphatic suffix