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相容れない (あいいれない) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Freq. Frequency Top 50,000 Conjugation Meanings 1
expression, i-adjective
incompatible ; mutually exclusive ; clashing
Describes two things (opinions, personalities, principles, etc.) that cannot coexist or be reconciled. Often used in the negative form 相容れない to mean 'cannot go together'.
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Freedom and discipline are sometimes mutually exclusive.
Written forms 相あい 容い れない
Standard kanji spelling. The kanji 容 carries the meaning of 'accept' or 'contain', fitting the sense of mutual acceptance.
相あい 入い れない
irregular kanji usage
Variant spelling using 入れる (to put in). Considered irregular kanji usage but encountered in practice.
Kanji 相 inter-, mutual, together Similar words 矛む 盾じゅん 矛盾 refers to logical contradiction, while 相容れない emphasizes a fundamental inability to coexist or harmonize.
両りょう 立りつ 両立 means 'compatibility' or 'coexistence' (often used in 両立する), the positive counterpart to 相容れない.
Etymology Compound of 相 (あい, mutual) + 容れる (いれる, to accept). The negative form 相容れない literally means 'cannot mutually accept', giving the sense of incompatibility.
