jmdict 1006510 Active (id: 1047583)
せざるを得ない
【 せざるをえない 】

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: 2115870 やらざるを得ない【やらざるをえない】 1. cannot avoid doing; cannot help but (do); is compelled to do; (feel) obliged to (do); has to do   ⇐ see: 2246770 せざる得ない【せざるえない】 1. cannot avoid doing; cannot help but (do); is compelled to do; (feel) obliged to (do); has to do

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