N2 grammar · Lesson 12

“Must”: 「ざるを得えない」「ほかない」「に相違そういない」

残念ざんねんだが、今回こんかいは計画けいかくを見直みなおさざるを得えない。

「ざるを得えない」: forced to; 「ほかない」 「しかない」: the only way; written 「に相違そういない」: must be. Compare 「なければならない」 「ないわけにはいかない」.

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In this lesson

  1. 01「ざるを得えない」: forced by circumstances to …
  2. 02「ほかない」 and 「しかない」: the only way left
  3. 03「に相違そういない」: a written “must be …”
  4. 04Compared with similar expressions
  5. 05In conversation and in writing

Practice

  • What does this sentence mean?
  • Which sentence uses it correctly?
  • Choose the phrase for each blank
  • Rewrite as asked
  • Put the pieces in order
  • Read and answer the questions

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