より仕方(しかた)がないThere is no choice but, Can't be helped, Inevitable

Often seen as a set phrase, よりしかたがない consists of より, the noun 仕方(しかた) 'way' or 'method', が and ない. When preceded by a verb in its dictionary form, it just conveys that 'there is no choice but (A)', or that '(A) cannot be helped'.

Occasionally the が will be dropped, between 仕方(しかた) and ない.

Keeping almost exactly the same style of translation is a similar pattern, より他(ほか)にない. The only actual difference is that this structure expresses that there is no 'other' alternative, rather than being no 'method'. The noun 他(ほか) 'other' and に will simply replace 仕方(しかた) 'method' and が.

As with 仕方(しかた)が, the に will often be dropped in 他(ほか)に.

Both よりしかたがない and よりほかにない have a tendency to express some particular evaluation of (A) that cannot be helped or denied, or simply that 'given the situation, (A) cannot be avoided'.