connective N2 uncommon politewritten

のほか(に)(は)〜ない — nothing/no one but ~

のほか(に)(は)〜ない

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Meaning

Key sentence

There's no one but him who can solve this problem.

Formation

Attaches toFormExample
Noun + のほか(に)(は) + 〜ない (いない for people, ない for things) N + のほか(に)(は)〜ない きみのほかにいない / 努力どりょくのほかにみちはない

Examples

There is no one I can rely on but you.
The only thing we can do now is wait.

Easily confused with

Notes

See のほか(に)(は)〜ない in real sentences

Jengo shows のほか(に)(は)〜ない the way you actually meet it: inside real Japanese sentences, so it sticks instead of staying an abstract rule.

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