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JLPT N1 Grammar

を禁じ得ない

N1Emotion

N1 · Emotion · noun + を禁じ得ない

cannot help; cannot suppress

noun + を禁じ得ない

Shows that an emotion naturally arises and cannot be suppressed.

A formal written expression often used with emotion nouns such as sympathy, anger, surprise, and tears.

被災地の映像を見ると、深い悲しみを禁じ得ない。

Seeing images of the disaster area, I cannot help feeling deep sadness.

Do not attach it to ordinary actions; it takes emotions or reactions that cannot be suppressed.

The emotion rises by itself and cannot be held down.

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