<entry id="2057899" stat="A" corpus="jmdict" type="jmdict">
<ent_corp type="jmdict">jmdict</ent_corp>
<ent_seq>2057580</ent_seq>
<k_ele>
<keb>訳にはいかない</keb>
</k_ele>
<k_ele>
<keb>わけには行かない</keb>
</k_ele>
<k_ele>
<keb>訳には行かない</keb>
</k_ele>
<r_ele>
<reb>わけにはいかない</reb>
</r_ele>
<sense>
<pos>&exp;</pos>
<misc>&uk;</misc>
<gloss>cannot (due to external circumstances)</gloss>
<gloss>cannot afford to</gloss>
<gloss>must not</gloss>
<gloss>impossible to</gloss>
<gloss>no way one can (do)</gloss>
</sense>
<info>
<audit time="2005-06-10 00:00:00" stat="A">
<upd_detl>Entry created</upd_detl>
</audit>
<audit time="2013-06-03 21:39:45" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_name>winnie</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>Should this have an alternate meaning like "must not" or "cannot afford to"... I've run across the phrase a few times, and when I've looked it up here, the "impossible to do (although wants to)" meaning doesn't really fit.  A couple examples from the ref link:

我々は彼らの要求に屈するわけにはいかない。 We must not give way to their demands. 

君は自分の健康を度外視するわけにはいかない。 You can't afford to neglect your health.</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>http://www.tanos.co.uk/jlpt/skills/grammar/sentences/?grammarid=433</upd_refs>
</audit>
<audit time="2013-06-03 22:39:19" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>Seems to have a fairly wide spread of application. Daijr gives pretty much the first gloss.</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>Daijr, GG5 (examples), Eijiro</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -20,0 +20,3 @@
+&lt;gloss&gt;cannot afford to&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;must not&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;no way we can&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2020-02-01 22:04:25" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_uid>robin1354</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Robin Scott</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>This is how DIJG explains it. It's not always something someone *wants* to do.</upd_detl>
<upd_diff>@@ -19 +19 @@
-&lt;gloss&gt;impossible to do (although wants to)&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;cannot (due to external circumstances)&lt;/gloss&gt;
@@ -22 +22,2 @@
-&lt;gloss&gt;no way we can&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;impossible to&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;no way one can (do)&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2020-02-02 00:48:26" stat="A">
<upd_uid>rene</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Rene Malenfant</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
</audit>
</info>
</entry>