を禁じ得ない【をきんじえない】

can't help feeling, cannot hold back, cannot suppress, can't help but, cannot but

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Structure

[noun] + を禁じ得ない

Description

を禁じ得ない goes after a noun for a feeling and means you cannot hold it back: "I cannot help feeling", "I cannot keep back my tears". きんじる禁じる is "suppress" and えない得ない is "cannot", read えない. It is written, formal language – editorials, speeches, formal commentary – and the feeling is the speaker's own.

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Hearing the stories of the disaster victims, I cannot help but feel sympathy.

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I cannot suppress my anger at his irresponsible attitude.

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Listening to her speech, I could not hold back my tears.

The noun is a feeling or a reaction: なみだ涙, いかり怒り, おどろき驚き, どうじょう同情, いきどおり憤り, わらい笑い, ふあん不安. A verb cannot go in front: ×泣くを禁じ得ない. What caused the feeling usually takes に.

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I cannot suppress my indignation at the government's slow response.

を禁じ得ない or ずにはいられない

means the same, "can't help doing", but takes a verb, and it is the one you can use in speech. In conversation you would just as often say what happened: , .

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Watching the final scene of that movie, I could not hold back my tears.

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Watching the final scene of that movie, I couldn't help crying.

Examples

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Hearing the stories of the disaster victims, I cannot help but feel sympathy.

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I cannot suppress my anger at his irresponsible attitude.

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Watching the final scene of that movie, I could not hold back my tears.

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Learning the truth of this incident, I cannot help but be surprised.

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I cannot help but be moved by her courageous actions.

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The scene was so comical that I could not help but laugh.

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I cannot suppress my indignation at the government's slow response.

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I cannot help feeling uneasy about the future economic situation.

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Years of research have finally borne fruit, and I cannot help but feel joy.

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When I see the tragic photographs of the war, I cannot hold back my sorrow.

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I cannot help but feel respect for the achievements he left behind.

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I cannot help but feel disappointment in a society where such injustice goes unchecked.

References

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