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ざる得ない
【ざるえない】

[exp,adj-i]
《after the -nai stem of a verb》
▶ have to
▶ have no choice but to
▶ cannot help (doing)
▶ be compelled to
▶ be obliged to
▶ be forced to

Cross references:
	⇒ see: 2060970 ざるを得ない 1. have to; have no choice but to; cannot help (doing); be compelled to; be obliged to; be forced to

Conjugations

History:

10.	A 2022-10-09 01:28:24 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
	Comments:	Aligning.
	Diff:	@@ -13,0 +14,3 @@ +<s_inf>after the -nai stem of a verb</s_inf> +<gloss>have to</gloss> +<gloss>have no choice but to</gloss> @@ -15 +18,3 @@ -<gloss>have no choice but to</gloss> +<gloss>be compelled to</gloss> +<gloss>be obliged to</gloss> +<gloss>be forced to</gloss>
9.	A 2022-10-06 21:40:11 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
8.	A* 2022-10-06 20:27:03 Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
	Diff:	@@ -11,0 +12 @@ +<pos>&adj-i;</pos>
7.	A 2022-10-06 00:25:41 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
	Comments:	Yes, fair enough. I'll put this on the back-burner for now.
6.	A* 2022-10-06 00:08:49 Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
	Comments:	I don't think we should merge forms that have different readings, verb endings, etc., at least not while sK forms are lumped together with the regular forms. It would look odd/wrong on sites/apps that don't yet support the tag.
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5.	A* 2022-10-04 05:38:03 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
	Comments:	The POS of ざるを得ぬ, etc. is not an issue if it were [sK].
4.	A* 2022-09-27 17:22:35 Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	╭─ーーーーーー─┬───────────╮ │ ざるを得ない │ 1,825,308 │ │ ざるを得なく │ 317,062 │ ├─ーーーーーー─┼───────────┤ │ ざるをえない │ 363,678 │ │ ざるをえなく │ 68,106 │ ├─ーーーーーー─┼───────────┤ │ ざる得ない　 │ 43,540 │ │ ざる得なく　 │ 5,183 │ ├─ーーーーーー─┼───────────┤ │ ざるえない　 │ 18,075 │ │ ざるえなく　 │ 1,020 │ ╰─ーーーーーー─┴───────────╯
	Comments:	ざるを得ぬ wouldn't be [adj-i] (I think it would be [adj-pn] or [adj-f]?), so that might be a reason to avoid merging them.
3.	A* 2022-09-27 06:14:22 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	ざるを得ない 1825308 97.4% ざる得ない 43540 2.3% ざるを得ぬ 5298 0.3% ざる得ぬ 28 0.0%
	Comments:	If we do this, ざるを得ぬ could be swept into it too. Any comments on this?
2.	A* 2022-09-18 00:23:19 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	ざるを得ない 1825308 97.7% ざる得ない 43540 2.3%
	Comments:	This is clearly an abbreviation of ざるを得ない. Should it go into that entry as an sK form?
1.	A 2007-08-15 00:00:00
	Comments:	Entry created

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