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Grammar detail: 〜ざるを得ない（ざるをえない）

〜ざるを得ない（ざるをえない） - can't help doing
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verb ざる negative form
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を
え
得
ない
means
can't help doing ~
or
can't very well not do ~
This expression is used when something can't be avoided. It would typically imply that the speaker doesn't really want to do something, but has no choice.
DETAILS
わたし
私
は
い
行
きたくなかったのだが、あんまり
かのじょ
彼女
が
しんせつ
親切
にしてくれるので
しょうたい
招待
を
う
受
けざるをえなかった。
I didn't want to go, but she had been so kind to me that I couldn't but accept the invitation.
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See also:
  • やむを得ない（やむをえない） - can't stop doing

Kanji used in this grammar

得
トク    profit   える    うる to acquire   
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3
私
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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2
行
コウ   ギョウ   アン   ゆく    いく to go   おこなう to take place   
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1
彼
ヒ   かれ he   
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3
女
ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
1
親
シン   おや parent   したしい close, intimate   したしむ to befriend, grow close to   
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2
切
セツ   サイ   きる to cut   きれる to break, to snap   
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2
招
ショウ   まねく to beckon, invite   
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3
待
タイ   まつ to wait   
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2
受
ジュ   うける to receive, to accept   うかる to pass (an exam)　   
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3
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