彼女を待つより他に仕方がなかった。

Sentence Analyzer

彼女を待つより他に仕方がなかった。

English Translation

There was nothing for it but to wait for her.

Furigana

彼女(かのじょ)を待(ま)つより他(た)に仕方(しかた)がなかった。

Romanji

Kanojo o matsu yori ta ni shikata ga nakatta.

Words

彼女 (かのじょ)

she; her; her; girlfriend; sweetheart

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.

待つ (まつ)

to wait; to await; to look forward to; to anticipate; to depend on; to need

より (より)

than; from; out of; since; at; on; except; but; other than; more

他 (た)

other (esp. people and abstract matters)

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

仕方 (しかた)

way; method; means; resource; course

が (が)

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 ...