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jmdict 2856818 Active (id: 2213914)
ざる終えない
ざるおえない
1. [exp,adj-i]
《irregular form of ざるを得ない》
▶ 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:
2. A 2022-11-19 07:00:09  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Could possibly be an sK form of ざるを得ない.
1. A* 2022-11-19 01:30:19  Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
meikyo: 「ざるおえない」「ざる終えない」は誤り。

Google N-gram Corpus Counts
╭─ーーーーーー─┬───────────┬───────╮
│ ざるを得ない │ 1,825,308 │ 81.8% │
│ ざるをえない │   363,678 │ 16.3% │
│ ざるおえない │    31,202 │  1.4% │
│ ざる終えない │    11,593 │  0.5% │
╰─ーーーーーー─┴───────────┴───────╯

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