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I was compelled to hold a strap.
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watashi
pronoun
  1. I; me (slightly formal or feminine)
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
shikatanai

Adverbial Form

shikatanaku
i adjective (negative)
  1. there's no (other) way
  2. cannot be helped; unavoidable; inevitable; (there's) nothing one can do; having no choice
  3. it's no use (doing); pointless; useless; no good; insufficient; not enough (oft. as 〜ても仕方ない)
  4. hopeless (person); annoying; troublesome; awful
  5. cannot stand it; unbearable; cannot help (doing, feeling); dying (to do) (as 〜て仕方ない or 〜で仕方ない)
shikata
noun
  1. way; method; means; resource; course
nai

Adverbial Form

naku
i adjective (negative)
  1. nonexistent; not being (there)
  2. unowned; not had; unpossessed
  3. unique
  4. not; impossible; won't happen (as ...ことがない, etc.; indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility)
auxiliary adjective
  1. not (after the ren'youkei form of an adjective)
  2. to not be; to have not (after the -te form of a verb)
tsurikawa
noun
  1. strap (to hang onto)
tsuri
noun
  1. fishing; angling
  2. change (for a purchase)
noun, suru verb
  1. clickbaiting
  2. trolling; writing deliberately inflammatory posts online
ni
particle
  1. at (place, time); in; on; during
  2. to (direction, state); toward; into
  3. for (purpose)
  4. because of (reason); for; with
  5. by; from
  6. as (i.e. in the role of)
  7. per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month")
  8. and; in addition to
  9. if; although
tsukamaru

Plain Past Indicative Form

tsukamatta
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to be caught; to be arrested (usu. 捕まる)
  2. to hold on to; to grasp (usu. 掴まる)
  3. to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
  4. to be detained by

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