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〜をおいて他にない: nobody/nothing but; no one else but

N1 · 08 Extremes and impossibility

Says that only this one person or thing is suitable, and nothing else comes close.

Noun + をおいて(ほかに)ない/いない. Usually about choosing a person or thing for a role: 彼をおいて他にいない. Always positive praise; the verb at the end is negative in form. Do not use it for neutral facts.

Examples

There is nobody but her we can entrust this project to.

If you want to travel Hokkaido in summer, there is no better time than this.

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