See 止むを得ない on Wiktionary
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "止むを得ない",
"ruby": [
[
"止",
"や"
],
[
"得",
"え"
]
],
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "yamu o enai",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "止むを得なく",
"roman": "yamu o enaku",
"ruby": [
[
"止",
"や"
],
[
"得",
"え"
]
],
"tags": [
"adverbial"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "ja-i",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "止むを得なかろ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperfective",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "やむをえなかろ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperfective",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "yamu o enakaro",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
]
},
{
"form": "止むを得なく",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"continuative",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "やむをえなく",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"continuative",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "yamu o enaku",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"continuative"
]
},
{
"form": "止むを得ない",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"stem",
"terminative"
]
},
{
"form": "やむをえない",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"stem",
"terminative"
]
},
{
"form": "yamu o enai",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"terminative"
]
},
{
"form": "止むを得ない",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"attributive",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "やむをえない",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"attributive",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "yamu o enai",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"attributive"
]
},
{
"form": "止むを得なけれ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"hypothetical",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "やむをえなけれ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"hypothetical",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "yamu o enakere",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"hypothetical"
]
},
{
"form": "止むを得なかれ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "やむをえなかれ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "yamu o enakare",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperative"
]
},
{
"form": "止むを得なくない",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "やむをえなくない",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "yamu o enaku nai",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "止むを得なかった",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "やむをえなかった",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "yamu o enakatta",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "止むを得なくなかった",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "やむをえなくなかった",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "yamu o enaku nakatta",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "止むを得ないです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal"
]
},
{
"form": "やむをえないです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal"
]
},
{
"form": "yamu o enai desu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal"
]
},
{
"form": "止むを得なくないです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "やむをえなくないです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "yamu o enaku nai desu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "止むを得なかったです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "やむをえなかったです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "yamu o enakatta desu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "止むを得なくなかったです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "やむをえなくなかったです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "yamu o enaku nakatta desu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "止むを得なくて",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "やむをえなくて",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "yamu o enakute",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "止むを得なければ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional"
]
},
{
"form": "やむをえなければ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional"
]
},
{
"form": "yamu o enakereba",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional"
]
},
{
"form": "止むを得なかったら",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "やむをえなかったら",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "yamu o enakattara",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "止むを得なかろう",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"volitional"
]
},
{
"form": "やむをえなかろう",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"volitional"
]
},
{
"form": "yamu o enakarō",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"volitional"
]
},
{
"form": "止むを得なく",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"adverbial"
]
},
{
"form": "やむをえなく",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"adverbial"
]
},
{
"form": "yamu o enaku",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"adverbial"
]
},
{
"form": "止むを得なさ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"noun-from-adj"
]
},
{
"form": "やむをえなさ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"noun-from-adj"
]
},
{
"form": "yamu o enasa",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"noun-from-adj"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "やむ を えない",
"infl": "i"
},
"expansion": "止(や)むを得(え)ない • (yamu o enai) -i (adverbial 止(や)むを得(え)なく (yamu o enaku))",
"name": "ja-adj"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"adverbial": "く",
"attributive": "い",
"conditional": "ければ",
"conjunctive": "くて",
"continuative": "く",
"degree": "さ",
"formal": "い です",
"formal_negative": "く ない です",
"formal_negative_past": "く なかった です",
"formal_past": "かった です",
"hypothetical": "けれ",
"imperative": "かれ",
"imperfective": "かろ",
"informal_negative": "く ない",
"informal_negative_past": "く なかった",
"informal_past": "かった",
"kana": "やむ を えな",
"lemma": "止むを得な",
"provisional": "かったら",
"terminal": "い",
"volitional": "かろう"
},
"name": "ja-adj-infl"
}
],
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"pos": "phrase",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese links with manual fragments",
"parents": [
"Links with manual fragments",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
"parents": [
"Links with redundant wikilinks",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese terms with multiple readings",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
"parents": [
"Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"have no choice but to; it can't be helped; it's inevitable"
],
"id": "en-止むを得ない-ja-phrase-JiBNgkn1",
"links": [
[
"it can't be helped",
"it can't be helped"
],
[
"inevitable",
"inevitable"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(idiomatic) have no choice but to; it can't be helped; it's inevitable"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"roman": "yamunai",
"ruby": [
[
"止",
"や"
],
[
"無",
"な"
]
],
"word": "止む無い"
},
{
"roman": "shikataganai",
"ruby": [
[
"仕",
"し"
],
[
"方",
"かた"
],
[
"無",
"な"
]
],
"word": "仕方が無い"
},
{
"roman": "zaru o enai",
"ruby": [
[
"得",
"え"
]
],
"word": "ざるを得ない"
},
{
"word": "やむ得ない"
},
{
"word": "止む得ない"
},
{
"tags": [
"contraction"
],
"word": "已む得ない"
},
{
"word": "止むを得ず"
},
{
"word": "已むを得ず"
},
{
"tags": [
"continuative",
"negative"
],
"word": "やむ終えず"
}
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"other": "やむをえない"
},
{
"ipa": "[ja̠mɯ̟o̞e̞na̠i]"
}
],
"word": "止むを得ない"
}
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "止むを得ない",
"ruby": [
[
"止",
"や"
],
[
"得",
"え"
]
],
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "yamu o enai",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "止むを得なく",
"roman": "yamu o enaku",
"ruby": [
[
"止",
"や"
],
[
"得",
"え"
]
],
"tags": [
"adverbial"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "ja-i",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "止むを得なかろ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperfective",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "やむをえなかろ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperfective",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "yamu o enakaro",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
]
},
{
"form": "止むを得なく",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"continuative",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "やむをえなく",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"continuative",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "yamu o enaku",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"continuative"
]
},
{
"form": "止むを得ない",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"stem",
"terminative"
]
},
{
"form": "やむをえない",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"stem",
"terminative"
]
},
{
"form": "yamu o enai",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"terminative"
]
},
{
"form": "止むを得ない",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"attributive",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "やむをえない",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"attributive",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "yamu o enai",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"attributive"
]
},
{
"form": "止むを得なけれ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"hypothetical",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "やむをえなけれ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"hypothetical",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "yamu o enakere",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"hypothetical"
]
},
{
"form": "止むを得なかれ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "やむをえなかれ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "yamu o enakare",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperative"
]
},
{
"form": "止むを得なくない",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "やむをえなくない",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "yamu o enaku nai",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "止むを得なかった",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "やむをえなかった",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "yamu o enakatta",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "止むを得なくなかった",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "やむをえなくなかった",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "yamu o enaku nakatta",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "止むを得ないです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal"
]
},
{
"form": "やむをえないです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal"
]
},
{
"form": "yamu o enai desu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal"
]
},
{
"form": "止むを得なくないです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "やむをえなくないです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "yamu o enaku nai desu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "止むを得なかったです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "やむをえなかったです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "yamu o enakatta desu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "止むを得なくなかったです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "やむをえなくなかったです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "yamu o enaku nakatta desu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "止むを得なくて",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "やむをえなくて",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "yamu o enakute",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "止むを得なければ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional"
]
},
{
"form": "やむをえなければ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional"
]
},
{
"form": "yamu o enakereba",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional"
]
},
{
"form": "止むを得なかったら",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "やむをえなかったら",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "yamu o enakattara",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "止むを得なかろう",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"volitional"
]
},
{
"form": "やむをえなかろう",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"volitional"
]
},
{
"form": "yamu o enakarō",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"volitional"
]
},
{
"form": "止むを得なく",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"adverbial"
]
},
{
"form": "やむをえなく",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"adverbial"
]
},
{
"form": "yamu o enaku",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"adverbial"
]
},
{
"form": "止むを得なさ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"noun-from-adj"
]
},
{
"form": "やむをえなさ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"noun-from-adj"
]
},
{
"form": "yamu o enasa",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"noun-from-adj"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "やむ を えない",
"infl": "i"
},
"expansion": "止(や)むを得(え)ない • (yamu o enai) -i (adverbial 止(や)むを得(え)なく (yamu o enaku))",
"name": "ja-adj"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"adverbial": "く",
"attributive": "い",
"conditional": "ければ",
"conjunctive": "くて",
"continuative": "く",
"degree": "さ",
"formal": "い です",
"formal_negative": "く ない です",
"formal_negative_past": "く なかった です",
"formal_past": "かった です",
"hypothetical": "けれ",
"imperative": "かれ",
"imperfective": "かろ",
"informal_negative": "く ない",
"informal_negative_past": "く なかった",
"informal_past": "かった",
"kana": "やむ を えな",
"lemma": "止むを得な",
"provisional": "かったら",
"terminal": "い",
"volitional": "かろう"
},
"name": "ja-adj-infl"
}
],
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"pos": "phrase",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Japanese adjectives",
"Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
"Japanese idioms",
"Japanese lemmas",
"Japanese links with manual fragments",
"Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
"Japanese terms spelled with fifth grade kanji",
"Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji",
"Japanese terms spelled with を",
"Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
"Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Japanese terms with multiple readings",
"Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
"Japanese い-i adjectives",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
],
"glosses": [
"have no choice but to; it can't be helped; it's inevitable"
],
"links": [
[
"it can't be helped",
"it can't be helped"
],
[
"inevitable",
"inevitable"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(idiomatic) have no choice but to; it can't be helped; it's inevitable"
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"other": "やむをえない"
},
{
"ipa": "[ja̠mɯ̟o̞e̞na̠i]"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"roman": "yamunai",
"ruby": [
[
"止",
"や"
],
[
"無",
"な"
]
],
"word": "止む無い"
},
{
"roman": "shikataganai",
"ruby": [
[
"仕",
"し"
],
[
"方",
"かた"
],
[
"無",
"な"
]
],
"word": "仕方が無い"
},
{
"roman": "zaru o enai",
"ruby": [
[
"得",
"え"
]
],
"word": "ざるを得ない"
},
{
"word": "やむ得ない"
},
{
"word": "止む得ない"
},
{
"tags": [
"contraction"
],
"word": "已む得ない"
},
{
"word": "止むを得ず"
},
{
"word": "已むを得ず"
},
{
"tags": [
"continuative",
"negative"
],
"word": "やむ終えず"
}
],
"word": "止むを得ない"
}
Download raw JSONL data for 止むを得ない meaning in All languages combined (7.8kB)
{
"called_from": "parser/1336",
"msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
"path": [
"止むを得ない"
],
"section": "Japanese",
"subsection": "phrase",
"title": "止むを得ない",
"trace": ""
}
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