"ずにはいられない" meaning in All languages combined

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Phrase [Japanese]

Etymology: Compound of ずに (“without”) + は + いられない (“negative of いる (iru)”), literally "without doing (something) then (it) doesn't exist" Etymology templates: {{ja-r|いる}} いる (iru), {{com|ja|ずに|は|いられない|t1=without|t3=negative of いる (<span class="mention-tr tr">iru</span>)}} ずに (“without”) + は + いられない (“negative of いる (iru)”) Head templates: {{ja-adj|ず に は いられない|infl=i}} ずにはいられない • (zu ni wa irarenai) -i (adverbial ずにはいられなく (zu ni wa irarenaku)) Inflection templates: {{ja-adj-infl|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=ず に は いられな|lemma=ずにはいられな|provisional=かったら|terminal=い|volitional=かろう}} Forms: zu ni wa irarenai [romanization], ずにはいられなく [adverbial], no-table-tags [table-tags], ずにはいられなかろ [imperfective, stem], zu ni wa irarenakaro [imperfective], ずにはいられなく [continuative, stem], zu ni wa irarenaku [continuative], ずにはいられない [stem, terminative], zu ni wa irarenai [terminative], ずにはいられない [attributive, stem], zu ni wa irarenai [attributive], ずにはいられなけれ [hypothetical, stem], zu ni wa irarenakere [hypothetical], ずにはいられなかれ [imperative, stem], zu ni wa irarenakare [imperative], ずにはいられなくない [informal, negative], zu ni wa irarenaku nai [informal, negative], ずにはいられなかった [informal, past], zu ni wa irarenakatta [informal, past], ずにはいられなくなかった [informal, negative, past], zu ni wa irarenaku nakatta [informal, negative, past], ずにはいられないです [formal], zu ni wa irarenai desu [formal], ずにはいられなくないです [formal, negative], zu ni wa irarenaku nai desu [formal, negative], ずにはいられなかったです [formal, past], zu ni wa irarenakatta desu [formal, past], ずにはいられなくなかったです [formal, negative, past], zu ni wa irarenaku nakatta desu [formal, negative, past], ずにはいられなくて [conjunctive], zu ni wa irarenakute [conjunctive], ずにはいられなければ [conditional], zu ni wa irarenakereba [conditional], ずにはいられなかったら [conditional, past], zu ni wa irarenakattara [conditional, past], ずにはいられなかろう [volitional], zu ni wa irarenakarō [volitional], ずにはいられなく [adverbial], zu ni wa irarenaku [adverbial], ずにはいられなさ [noun-from-adj], zu ni wa irarenasa [noun-from-adj]
  1. (idiomatic) feel compelled to, can't help but feel, can't help but do Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: ないではいられない (naide wa irarenai)

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      "args": {
        "1": "いる"
      },
      "expansion": "いる (iru)",
      "name": "ja-r"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "ずに",
        "3": "は",
        "4": "いられない",
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  "etymology_text": "Compound of ずに (“without”) + は + いられない (“negative of いる (iru)”), literally \"without doing (something) then (it) doesn't exist\"",
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      "form": "zu ni wa irarenai",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ずにはいられなく",
      "roman": "zu ni wa irarenaku",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-i",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
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    },
    {
      "form": "ずにはいられなかろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zu ni wa irarenakaro",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ずにはいられなく",
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      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "zu ni wa irarenaku",
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        "continuative"
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      "form": "ずにはいられない",
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      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zu ni wa irarenai",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "terminative"
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    {
      "form": "ずにはいられない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
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    },
    {
      "form": "zu ni wa irarenai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ずにはいられなけれ",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zu ni wa irarenakere",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ずにはいられなかれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zu ni wa irarenakare",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ずにはいられなくない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zu ni wa irarenaku nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ずにはいられなかった",
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        "informal",
        "past"
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      "form": "zu ni wa irarenakatta",
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      "tags": [
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        "past"
      ]
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      "form": "ずにはいられなくなかった",
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        "negative",
        "past"
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      "form": "zu ni wa irarenaku nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ずにはいられないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zu ni wa irarenai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ずにはいられなくないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zu ni wa irarenaku nai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ずにはいられなかったです",
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        "past"
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      "form": "zu ni wa irarenakatta desu",
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      "form": "ずにはいられなくなかったです",
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        "past"
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      "form": "ずにはいられなくて",
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      "form": "zu ni wa irarenakute",
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    },
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      "form": "ずにはいられなければ",
      "source": "inflection",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zu ni wa irarenakereba",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ずにはいられなかったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zu ni wa irarenakattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ずにはいられなかろう",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "volitional"
      ]
    },
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    }
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        "formal": "い です",
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        "formal_negative_past": "く なかった です",
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        {
          "kind": "other",
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        {
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        {
          "english": "I can't help but tease you because I like you.",
          "roman": "Suki da kara, karakawazu ni wa irarenai no.",
          "ruby": [
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              "好",
              "す"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "好きだから、からかわずにはいられないの。"
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        "feel compelled to, can't help but feel, can't help but do"
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        "(idiomatic) feel compelled to, can't help but feel, can't help but do"
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          "word": "ないではいられない"
        }
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    {
      "form": "ずにはいられなかろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zu ni wa irarenakaro",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ずにはいられなく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zu ni wa irarenaku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ずにはいられない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zu ni wa irarenai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ずにはいられない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zu ni wa irarenai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ずにはいられなけれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zu ni wa irarenakere",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ずにはいられなかれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zu ni wa irarenakare",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ずにはいられなくない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zu ni wa irarenaku nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ずにはいられなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zu ni wa irarenakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ずにはいられなくなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zu ni wa irarenaku nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ずにはいられないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zu ni wa irarenai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ずにはいられなくないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zu ni wa irarenaku nai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ずにはいられなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zu ni wa irarenakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ずにはいられなくなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zu ni wa irarenaku nakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ずにはいられなくて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zu ni wa irarenakute",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ずにはいられなければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zu ni wa irarenakereba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ずにはいられなかったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zu ni wa irarenakattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ずにはいられなかろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zu ni wa irarenakarō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ずにはいられなく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zu ni wa irarenaku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ずにはいられなさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zu ni wa irarenasa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ず に は いられない",
        "infl": "i"
      },
      "expansion": "ずにはいられない • (zu ni wa irarenai) -i (adverbial ずにはいられなく (zu ni wa irarenaku))",
      "name": "ja-adj"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "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": "ず に は いられな",
        "lemma": "ずにはいられな",
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        "volitional": "かろう"
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese adjectives",
        "Japanese compound terms",
        "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Japanese hiragana",
        "Japanese idioms",
        "Japanese lemmas",
        "Japanese links with manual fragments",
        "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
        "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
        "Japanese terms with usage examples",
        "Japanese い-i adjectives"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I can't help but tease you because I like you.",
          "roman": "Suki da kara, karakawazu ni wa irarenai no.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "好",
              "す"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "好きだから、からかわずにはいられないの。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "feel compelled to, can't help but feel, can't help but do"
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) feel compelled to, can't help but feel, can't help but do"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "naide wa irarenai",
      "word": "ないではいられない"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ずにはいられない"
}

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