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Kotomora

せざるを得えない

Meanings

1

expression, i-adjective

cannot avoid doing; have no choice but to do

Formal/literary expression meaning 'cannot help but do' or 'must do'. Attaches to the imperfective form (未然形) of verbs. Equivalent to ~ないわけにはいかない or ~なければならない, but more bookish.

See also: ざる · せざるを得ない