ざるをえない

    expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.); adjective (keiyoushi)
  1. cannot help (doing); have no choice but to; am compelled to; am obliged to; it is incumbent upon (me) toafter the -nai stem of a verb
Forms
  • ざるをえない
  • ざるをえない
Generated definitions (experimental)
  1. cannot help (doing); have no choice but to; am compelled to; am obliged to; it is incumbent upon (me) to
  2. This phrase expresses a sense of obligation or necessity; it indicates that one must do something even if they may not want to.
Generated collocations (experimental)
a situation where one has no choicea choice that one cannot avoidざるto be compelled to actざるto be obliged to apologizeざるto have no choice but to chooseざるto be forced to respondざるto be obligated to keep a promiseざるto have no choice but to implementざるto be compelled to make a judgmentざるto have to adapt