N1 grammar · Lesson 10

「禁きんじ得えない」「ずにはおかない」: feeling and necessity

突然とつぜん住すむ家いえを失うしなった人々ひとびとの話はなしに、同情どうじょうを禁きんじ得えなかった。

Written 「〜を禁きんじ得えない」, 「〜ずにはおかない」, 「〜ずにはすまない」: feelings you can’t hold back, reactions bound to follow, duties you can’t avoid.

Practise Paid

In this lesson

  1. 01「〜を禁きんじ得えない」: a feeling you can’t hold back
  2. 02「〜ずにはおかない」: bound to cause; determined to
  3. 03「〜ずにはすまない」: you can’t get out of it
  4. 04Compared with similar expressions
  5. 05Putting them together: dialogue and short text

Practice

  • Choose the meaning of each sentence
  • Which sentence uses it correctly?
  • Choose the phrase for each blank
  • Change to the given form
  • Put the pieces in order
  • Read the passage and answer the questions

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