Grammar Info

N1 Lesson 10: 12/22

余儀(よぎ)なくさせるForce to, To compel, Make unavoidable

Structure

Noun + 余儀(よぎ)なくさせる
Verb + こと + 余儀(よぎ)なくさせる

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About を余儀なくさせる

Like を余儀(よぎ)なくされる, a formal grammar pattern that is usually translated as ‘to be forced to (A)’, 余儀(よぎ)なくさせる has the same base, but uses the causative auxiliary verb させる ‘to make do’, in place of the passive される ‘to have done to one’.

Its component parts are the adverbial particle を, the noun 余儀(よぎ) ‘another method’, the conjunctive form of the い-Adjective ない, なく, and the causative form of する, させる. In this way, it literally means ‘to not give another way than to (A)’.

余儀(よぎ)なくさせる will be seen following an (A) noun, where (A) is the thing that is unavoidable.

Unlike を余儀(よぎ)なくされる, in most cases the (A) subject of sentences that use 余儀(よぎ)なくさせる will be non-human cause. However, there are exceptions to this.

Fun Fact

Despite 余儀(よぎ) and ない being separate words, 余儀(よぎ)なく is often thought of simply as a single word that means ‘unavoidably’, or ‘inevitably’.

Examples

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    地球(ちきゅう)温暖化(おんだんか)が、サンタクロースに(ほっ)極点(きょくてん)から移転(いてん)すること余儀(よぎ)なくさせた

    Global warming forced Santa Claus to relocate away from the North Pole.

    パンデミックは(みせ)学校(がっこう)閉鎖(へいさ)余儀(よぎ)なくさせた

    The pandemic forced stores and schools to close.

    (だい)洪水(こうずい)都市(とし)からの撤退(てったい)余儀(よぎ)なくさせた

    The major flood forced people to withdraw from the city.

    70年代(ななじゅうねんだい)のエネルギー危機(きき)政府(せいふ)にガソリン以外(いがい)代替(だいたい)エネルギーを(さが)すこと余儀(よぎ)なくさせた

    The energy crisis of the 1970s forced the government to look for alternative energy sources, other than gasoline.

    バブル崩壊(ほうかい)(かれ)会社(かいしゃ)株式(かぶしき)売却(ばいきゃく)余儀(よぎ)なくさせた

    The economic bubble burst forced him to sell his shares in the company.

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