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Grammar detail: やむを得ない（やむをえない）

やむを得ない（やむをえない） - can't stop doing
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やむを得ない
is a set expression meaning
can't stop doing (something), can't help doing (something)
It is commonly used on its own to mean 'can't be helped' or 'due to unavoidable circumstances' etc.
DETAILS
それはやむを
え
得
ないね。
I can't help it.
It can follow a phrase marked by the topic marker indicating the 'something' which can't be helped':
DETAILS
かのじょ
彼女
は
すこ
少
しあいまいな
たいど
態度
だったのはやむをえなかった。
She couldn't help but be a little vague.
やむを得ない functions as an adjective, so it can modify a clause which comes next:
DETAILS
われわれ
我々
はやむを
え
得
ない
じじょう
事情
で、その
かいごう
会合
を
えんき
延期
した。
Circumstances forced us to put off the meeting.
Several variants of this form may be encountered, for example: やむを得ず, 止むを得ない.
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See also:
  • 〜ざるを得ない（ざるをえない） - can't help doing

Kanji used in this grammar

得
トク    profit   える    うる to acquire   
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3
止
シ   とめる to stop   とまる to stop   
2
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
少
ショウ   すこし a little   すくない few   
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2
態
タイ    condition, appearance   
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5
度
ド   ト   タク   degree   たび occasion, time   
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2
我
ガ   I; myself   われ    わが-    
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5
々
(kanji repetition symbol)   
事
ジ   ズ   こと thing; matter   
2
情
ジョウ   セイ   なさけ emotion; circumstances   
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3
会
カイ   エ   あう to meet   
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2
合
ゴウ   ガッ   カッ   あう to fit, come together   あわす to match   あわせる to unite, join   
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3
延
エン   のばす to prolong, lengthen   のびる to be delayed, postponed   のべる to postpone   
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4
期
キ   ゴ    period of time   
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3
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