ざるを得ない【ざるをえない】
- 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
expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.); adjective (keiyoushi)
Forms
- ざるを得ない【ざるをえない】
- ざるをえない
Generated definitions (experimental)
- cannot help (doing); have no choice but to; am compelled to; am obliged to; it is incumbent upon (me) to
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)
ざるをえない得ないじょうきょう状況a situation where one has no choiceざるをえない得ないせんたく選択a choice that one cannot avoidこうどう行動せざるをえない得ないto be compelled to actしゃざい謝罪せざるをえない得ないto be obliged to apologizeせんたく選択せざるをえない得ないto have no choice but to chooseたいおう対応せざるをえない得ないto be forced to respondやくそく約束せざるをえない得ないto be obligated to keep a promiseじっこう実行せざるをえない得ないto have no choice but to implementはんだん判断せざるをえない得ないto be compelled to make a judgmentてきおう適応せざるをえない得ないto have to adapt