TAKOBOTO

no alternative, no option but to...
nothing to do but try...

やるしかないじゃん！

Ya gotta do it!

かのじょとけっこんするしかなかった。

I had no choice but to marry her.

そつぎょうできなかったからバイトをするしかない。

I didn't graduate, so I have no choice but to do temp work.

ふたつのもののまにはごくわずかなさしかない。

There is only a marginal difference between the two.

しけんをうけるからには、がんばるしかない。

Now that I'm taking the test, I've got no choice but to do my best.

かんじは、ひとつひとつおぼえるしかありません。とにかくおぼえることです。

You have no choice but to memorize kanji one at a time. At any rate, you had better remember them.

さいしゅうでんしゃがでてしまったのちだったので、タクシーにのるしかなかった。

After having missed the last train, I had no choice but to take a taxi.

どりょくしないでせいこうできるわけがない。どりょくしかありませんよ。

You can't succeed without great effort. There is no other choice but to exert yourself.

とりあえずがまんするしかないみたいだね。

It looks like you have no choice but to endure it for the time being.

ここまできたら、やるしかない。

We've done this much, so there's nothing else to do but keep going.

しゅうりがむりだとしたら、かいなおすしかないですね。

If repairing it is impossible, there will be nothing to do but buy a new one.

むすこはさくらだいがくにしんがくすることをきぼうしている。しかし、いまのむすこのがくりょくではとてもむりだから、べつのだいがくをじゅけんさせるしかない。ほんにんのきぼうとはちがってもしかたがないことだ。

My daughter hopes to enter the Sakura University. However, her capacity is very poor, so I have no choice but to compel her take the exam of another university. Although it's not her hope, there is no way.

びじんとけっこんしたいですから、たくさんおかねをかせぐしかない。

Because i want to marry a beautiful woman, i have to earn much money.

かれがおこっているから、しずかにするしかない。

Because he is now angry,I have no choice but keep silent.

なおせないから、あたらしいのをかうしかなかった。

It couldn't be fixed, so there was nothing to do but buy a new one.

ざんねんながら、じかんはほんのわずかしかない。

Unfortunatelly, we have little enough time.

ここまできたらもうやるしかないのに、きみはまだまよっているのか。

I have come until here, I have no choice but keep going, are you still in doubt?

＊Be very careful as to when you replace one of these phrases with another.

Ｖ + しかない : used in a situation where one has no choice but to do something.

Ｖneg + ざるを得ない : used in a situation where one has no choice but to do something.

Ｖneg + なければならない : used in a situation where one has to do something because s/he has an obligation to do it OR where one has no choice but to do something.

Ｖneg + わけに(は)いかない : used in a situation where one has to do something because s/he has an obligation to do it OR where one has no choice but to do something. It also expresses the unwillingness of the speaker to do Ｖ.

rubyhatchet

Ｖ(dictionary form) + しかない
Ｎ + しかない

rubyhatchet

the first example #336 might also be used as [hokanai]
suru yori hokanai

dc

やるっきゃない is another folksy way of saing #336.

bamboo4

I believe that in example #1219, you can simply use 「...アルバイトしかない」 without the verb. Probably both ways are acceptable.

rubyhatchet

#1219 か is missing. 卒業できなかったから ...
I think both wasy are acceptable.

Miki

is Vneg plus しかない possible
e.g. あしたまでにこの仕事をしなければいけないので、寝ないしかない

sagittarius

Probably not possible. So your example sounds strange.
eg. 明日までにこの仕事をしなければならないので、寝るわけにはいかない。or 起きているしかない。

Miki

ex #3681 does not use the grammar pattern.

マリ

I fixed ex #1219 according to the alert of Mikiさん.
I need some help for the translation of #6892.

赤毛

#6890: there's difference between the two sentences, the Japanese and the English

amenya

I fixed the translation of #6892. Is it ok?

amenya

Amenyaさん, Thanks for your help. I think it's OK now and I changed the status of #6892 to neutral.
For #6890, I picked it in http://www.japonin.com/intermediate-grammar-list.php . I think the translation is not literal but is OK. I added #7039 intending to give a more literal translation.
マリさん, In #3681, the pattern seems to be N+しかない instead of Ｖ(dictionary form)+しかない.

赤毛

I've changed #7039 translation, is it ok?

karekano

I think 〜ざるを得ない expresses more the unwillingness of the speaker than 〜わけにはいかない. So maybe it`s better to add that expressed feeling too.

Mariaester