昨夜警察をよぶよりほかに仕方がなかった。

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English Translation

We had no choice but to call the police last night.

Furigana

昨夜(さくや)警察(けいさつ)をよぶよりほかに仕方(しかた)がなかった。

Romanji

Sakuya keisatsu o yobu yori hoka ni shikata ga nakatta.

Words

夕べ (ゆうべ、ゆう、さくや)

evening; last night

警察 (けいさつ)

police; police officer; police station

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.

呼ぶ (よぶ)

to call out (to); to call; to invoke; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to brand; to garner (support, etc.); to gather; to take as one's wife

より (より)

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

他 (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...

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 ...