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Zach

泣き寝入りするよりほか仕方がない。

Sentence Analyzer

泣き寝入りする より ほか 仕方 ない

English Translation

We just have to swallow it.

Furigana

()寝入(ねい)りするよりほか仕方(しかた)がない。

Romanji

Nakineirisuru yori hoka shikata ga nai.

Words

泣寝入り (なきねいり)
crying oneself to sleep; giving up in frustration; accepting meekly; being compelled to accept a situation
より (より)
than; from; out of; since; at; on; except; but; other than; more
(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...
仕方 (しかた)
way; method; means; resource; course
()
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 ...

Kanji

Readings: キュウ、 な.く
Meanings: cry, weep, moan
Readings: シン、 ね.る、 ね.かす、 い.ぬ、 みたまや、 や.める
Meanings: lie down, sleep, rest, bed, remain unsold
Readings: ニュウ、 ジュ、 い.る、 -い.る、 -い.り、 い.れる、 -い.れ、 はい.る
Meanings: enter, insert
Readings: シ、 ジ、 つか.える
Meanings: attend, doing, official, serve
Readings: ホウ、 かた、 -かた、 -がた
Meanings: direction, person, alternative