やむをえない

yamuoenai

cannot be helped
unavoidable

expressionい-adjective

Also written 止むを得ない

Chinese meanings

不得已

Examples

Furigana

それはやむを得ないね。
I can't help it.
那没办法。
Tatoeba #205358
彼かの女じょは少すこしあいまいな態たい度どだったのはやむをえなかった。
She couldn't help but be a little vague.
她的态度有些含糊也是不得已的。
Tatoeba #88689

Use this entry in code

import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('e341bcc1ec'); // やむをえない

{
  "id": "e341bcc1ec",
  "word": "やむをえない",
  "reading": "やむをえない",
  "romaji": "yamuoenai",
  "meanings": [
    "cannot be helped",
    "unavoidable"
  ],
  "level": "N2",
  "pos": [
    "exp",
    "adj-i"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1612100,
  "other_forms": [
    "止むを得ない"
  ],
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "それはやむを得ないね。",
      "en": "I can't help it.",
      "tatoeba_id": 205358
    },
    {
      "ja": "彼女は少しあいまいな態度だったのはやむをえなかった。",
      "furigana": "{彼女|かのじょ}は{少|すこ}しあいまいな{態度|たいど}だったのはやむをえなかった。",
      "en": "She couldn't help but be a little vague.",
      "tatoeba_id": 88689
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "110888f38b9c1e4aa32f2b14ba13d0c882fee5fb4faa3fe85cd177a5190c9526",
    "meanings": [
      "不得已"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "それはやむを得ないね。",
        "zh": "那没办法。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "彼女は少しあいまいな態度だったのはやむをえなかった。",
        "zh": "她的态度有些含糊也是不得已的。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n2/e341bcc1ec",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1612100; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "26df6f8c5809ae1eca9697f4f4b11b2f901c56389e00ec1ee32821415f55f823"
  }
}