jmdict 2246770 Active (id#1047640)
せざる得ない
【 せざるえない 】
  1. [exp,adj-i]
    • cannot avoid doing
    • cannot help but (do)
    • is compelled to do
    • (feel) obliged to (do)
    • has to do
    Cross references:
    • ⇒ see: 2098050 ざる 1. not; un-
    • ⇒ see: 1006510 せざるを得ない 1. cannot avoid doing; cannot help but (do); is compelled to do; (feel) obliged to (do); has to do
Conjugations
History:
    • A 2010-10-31 00:42:08 Rene Malenfant
    • Comments
      but it can quite easily be extended to do so.  there's absolutely no reason to do 
all these by hand
    • A* 2010-10-30 19:00:54 Scott
    • Comments
      Does the script also cover expressions missing adj-i ?
    • A 2010-10-30 18:48:38 Rene Malenfant
    • Comments
      didn't we agree that there was going to be a script to do all of these?
    • A* 2010-10-30 18:46:32 Scott
    • Diff
      @@ -12,0 +12,1 @@
+<pos>&adj-i;</pos>
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