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There was nothing for it but to obey.
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Vocabulary list

shitagau
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow; to observe; to conform to; to yield to
  2. to follow (a person); to accompany; to go with
  3. to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)
  4. to serve (as); to engage in (work)
yori
particle
  1. than
  2. from; out of; since; at; on
  3. except; but; other than
adverb
  1. more
shikatanai
shikatanai

Plain Past Indicative Form

shikatanakatta
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 〜ても仕方ない)
  4. hopeless (person); annoying; troublesome; awful
  5. cannot stand it; unbearable; cannot help (doing, feeling); dying (to do) (as 〜て仕方ない or 〜で仕方ない)
shikata
noun
  1. way; method; means; resource; course
nai
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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