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JLPT N2 Grammar

ずにはいられない

N2Obligation

N2 · Obligation · nai-form verb去掉ない + ずにはいられない

cannot help doing; cannot resist

nai-form verb去掉ない + ずにはいられない

Shows that an emotion or situation is so strong that one cannot refrain from doing something. It has a somewhat written tone.

する becomes せずにはいられない, not しず.

あの映画を見ると、泣かずにはいられません。

Whenever I watch that movie, I cannot help crying.

Do not drop に; the fixed pattern is ずにはいられない.

ず is an old-style negative, but the whole phrase means the action is unavoidable.

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