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jmdict 1612100 Active (id: 2192541)
やむを得ない [spec1] 止むを得ない [ichi2] 已むを得ない [rK]
やむをえない [spec1,ichi2]
1. [exp,adj-i]
▶ cannot be helped
▶ unavoidable
Cross references:
  ⇐ see: 2607950 やむ終えない【やむおえない】 1. cannot be helped; unavoidable
  ⇐ see: 2607970 やもう得ない【やもうえない】 1. cannot be helped; unavoidable

Conjugations


History:
3. A 2022-06-23 04:11:54  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
2. A* 2022-06-23 00:34:56  Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
Google N-gram Corpus Counts
| やむを得ない | 668,913 | 76.7% |
| 止むを得ない |  78,437 |  9.0% |
| 已むを得ない |   2,874 |  0.3% | <- koj, shinmeikai, meikyo
| やむをえない | 121,969 | 14.0% |
  Diff:
@@ -13,0 +14 @@
+<ke_inf>&rK;</ke_inf>
1. A 2020-03-07 20:31:00  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Diff:
@@ -21,0 +22 @@
+<pos>&adj-i;</pos>

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