〜しかない

import { getGrammarById } from 'kotowa';
getGrammarById('shika-nai-no-choice');

{
  "id": "shika-nai-no-choice",
  "pattern": "〜しかない",
  "romaji": "shika nai (no choice)",
  "level": "N3",
  "meaning": "have no choice but to; can only",
  "formation": "Verb-dict + しかない",
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "終電に乗り遅れたから、タクシーで帰るしかない。",
      "furigana": "{終電|しゅうでん}に{乗|の}り{遅|おく}れたから、タクシーで{帰|かえ}るしかない。",
      "en": "I missed the last train, so I have no choice but to take a taxi home."
    },
    {
      "ja": "誰も手伝ってくれないなら、一人でやるしかない。",
      "furigana": "{誰|だれ}も{手伝|てつだ}ってくれないなら、{一人|ひとり}でやるしかない。",
      "en": "If nobody will help me, I'll just have to do it myself."
    },
    {
      "ja": "ここまで来たら、もう最後まで頑張るしかないね。",
      "furigana": "ここまで{来|き}たら、もう{最後|さいご}まで{頑張|がんば}るしかないね。",
      "en": "Now that we've come this far, all we can do is give it our all to the end."
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "necessity",
    "limitation"
  ],
  "notes": "No other option exists, so the speaker accepts this one. Differs from Noun + しか〜ない ('only'). Formal N2 equivalent: 〜ほかない.",
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "63a25b45a3ba1112a012131b2b544a81702d3a0a7328bf8238c7624783dbab97",
    "meanings": [
      "只好……",
      "别无选择"
    ],
    "formation": "动词辞书形＋しかない",
    "explanation": "表示没有其他办法，只能选择这一做法。",
    "notes": "不同于名词＋しか〜ない表示数量上的“只有”。",
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "終電に乗り遅れたから、タクシーで帰るしかない。",
        "zh": "错过末班电车，只好坐出租车回家。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "誰も手伝ってくれないなら、一人でやるしかない。",
        "zh": "如果没人帮忙，就只能一个人做了。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "ここまで来たら、もう最後まで頑張るしかないね。",
        "zh": "既然走到这一步，就只能坚持到底了。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "sources/grammar/n3.json#shika-nai-no-choice",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "4769160f1477a7d8271dcdeccc59094c83ffc8b6a30b17f47f0f309aedc409a8"
  }
}