"止むを得ない" meaning in All languages combined

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Phrase [Japanese]

Head templates: {{ja-adj|やむ を えない|infl=i}} 止(や)むを得(え)ない • (yamu o enai) -i (adverbial 止(や)むを得(え)なく (yamu o enaku)) 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=やむ を えな|lemma=止むを得な|provisional=かったら|terminal=い|volitional=かろう}} Forms: 止むを得ない [canonical] (ruby: (), ()), yamu o enai [romanization], 止むを得なく [adverbial] (ruby: (), ()), no-table-tags [table-tags], 止むを得なかろ [imperfective, stem], やむをえなかろ [imperfective, stem], yamu o enakaro [imperfective], 止むを得なく [continuative, stem], やむをえなく [continuative, stem], yamu o enaku [continuative], 止むを得ない [stem, terminative], やむをえない [stem, terminative], yamu o enai [terminative], 止むを得ない [attributive, stem], やむをえない [attributive, stem], yamu o enai [attributive], 止むを得なけれ [hypothetical, stem], やむをえなけれ [hypothetical, stem], yamu o enakere [hypothetical], 止むを得なかれ [imperative, stem], やむをえなかれ [imperative, stem], yamu o enakare [imperative], 止むを得なくない [informal, negative], やむをえなくない [informal, negative], yamu o enaku nai [informal, negative], 止むを得なかった [informal, past], やむをえなかった [informal, past], yamu o enakatta [informal, past], 止むを得なくなかった [informal, negative, past], やむをえなくなかった [informal, negative, past], yamu o enaku nakatta [informal, negative, past], 止むを得ないです [formal], やむをえないです [formal], yamu o enai desu [formal], 止むを得なくないです [formal, negative], やむをえなくないです [formal, negative], yamu o enaku nai desu [formal, negative], 止むを得なかったです [formal, past], やむをえなかったです [formal, past], yamu o enakatta desu [formal, past], 止むを得なくなかったです [formal, negative, past], やむをえなくなかったです [formal, negative, past], yamu o enaku nakatta desu [formal, negative, past], 止むを得なくて [conjunctive], やむをえなくて [conjunctive], yamu o enakute [conjunctive], 止むを得なければ [conditional], やむをえなければ [conditional], yamu o enakereba [conditional], 止むを得なかったら [conditional, past], やむをえなかったら [conditional, past], yamu o enakattara [conditional, past], 止むを得なかろう [volitional], やむをえなかろう [volitional], yamu o enakarō [volitional], 止むを得なく [adverbial], やむをえなく [adverbial], yamu o enaku [adverbial], 止むを得なさ [noun-from-adj], やむをえなさ [noun-from-adj], yamu o enasa [noun-from-adj]
  1. (idiomatic) have no choice but to; it can't be helped; it's inevitable Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: 止む無い (yamunai) (ruby: (), ()), 仕方が無い (shikataganai) (ruby: (), (かた), ()), ざるを得ない (zaru o enai) (ruby: ()), やむ得ない, 止む得ない, 已む得ない [contraction], 止むを得ず, やむ終えず [continuative, negative]

Alternative forms

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{
  "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 non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "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"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "continuative",
            "negative"
          ],
          "word": "やむ終えず"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "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 with non-redundant manual transliterations",
        "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
        "Japanese terms written with two Han script characters",
        "Japanese い-i adjectives"
      ],
      "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"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "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"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ],
      "word": "やむ終えず"
    }
  ],
  "word": "止むを得ない"
}
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  "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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