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I had no choice but to accept the offer.
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Vocabulary list

sono
pre-noun adjectival
  1. that; the (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener)
  2. part (as in "part two") (preceding a number)
interjection
  1. um ...; er ...; uh ...
moushide
noun
  1. proposal; request; claim; report; notice; offer
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
ukeru
ichidan verb, transitive verb
  1. to receive; to get
  2. to catch (e.g. a ball)
  3. to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.)
  4. to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to suffer (an injury); to feel (influence)
  5. to undergo (e.g. surgery); to take (a test); to accept (a challenge)
  6. to be given (e.g. life, talent) (esp. 受ける, 享ける)
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to find funny; to find humorous; to be amused (by) (esp. ウケる)
ichidan verb, transitive verb
  1. to follow; to succeed; to be descended from (esp. 受ける, 享ける)
  2. to face (south, etc.)
  3. to be modified by (esp. 受ける, 承ける)
  4. to obtain (a pawned item, etc.) by paying a fee (esp. 請ける, now primarily used in compound words)
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to be well-received; to become popular; to go down well (esp. ウケる, うける)
yori
particle
  1. than
  2. from; out of; since; at; on
  3. except; but; other than
adverb
  1. more
shikataganai

Plain Past Indicative Form

shikataganakatta
expression, i adjective (negative)
  1. there's no (other) way
  2. cannot be helped; unavoidable; inevitable; (there's) nothing one can do; having no choice
  3. it's no use (doing); pointless; useless; no good; insufficient; not enough (oft. as 〜ても仕方がない)
  4. hopeless (person); annoying; troublesome; awful
  5. cannot stand it; unbearable; cannot help (doing, feeling); dying (to do) (as 〜て仕方がない or 〜で仕方がない)
shikata
noun
  1. way; method; means; resource; course
ga
particle
  1. indicates sentence subject (occasionally object)
  2. indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions)
conjunction
  1. but; however; still; and
  2. regardless of; whether (or not) (after the volitional form of a verb)
nai

Plain Past Indicative Form

nakatta
i adjective (negative)
  1. nonexistent; not being (there)
  2. unowned; not had; unpossessed
  3. unique
  4. not; impossible; won't happen (as ...ことがない, etc.; indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility)
auxiliary adjective
  1. not (after the ren'youkei form of an adjective)
  2. to not be; to have not (after the -te form of a verb)

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