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Re: [edict-jmdict] New Entry or Amendment Submission Form (by way of introduction)



ざる is by no means dead or archaic, although it seems to be used more in written than in spoken Japanese.

考えざるを得ない, for example, is a common expression that means "can't help thinking about", and the 〜ざるを得ない form in general is still commonly used.

許すべからざる (unforgivable) is another wonderful use of this suffix.


There should definitely be an edict entry for this.

Something like:

ざる /(adj-pn, suf) not, unable to be/