禁じ得ない

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Verb inflections

Form	Affirmative	Negative
Present	禁じ得ない	—

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Example sentences

I cannot help but feel deep sympathy for his situation.

１０年ぶりに故郷に帰ると、街の変貌ぶりに「隔世」の感を禁じ得なかった。

Returning to my hometown after ten years, I couldn't help but feel a sense of a different era due to the city's transformation.

その悲劇的な物語に、誰もが一掬の涙を禁じ得なかった。

No one could help but shed a handful of tears at that tragic story.

親友が遠い地へ旅立つ際、私は河梁之吟の情を禁じ得なかった。

I couldn't help but feel the sorrow of parting as my close friend left for a distant land.

老僧は経典を読みながら、涕洟を禁じ得なかった。

The old priest could not help but shed tears and snot while reading the scriptures.

かつての都が荒廃し、荊棘銅駝の嘆きを禁じ得ない。

The former capital has fallen into ruin, and one cannot help but lament its destruction.

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