を禁じ得ない (日本語能力試験 N1)

「を禁じ得ない」の情報

を禁(きん)じ得(え)ない is a formal grammar pattern used to express that one ‘cannot help feeling (A)’, or ‘cannot hold back from (A)’. It is primarily used connected to words that express emotions, or things that are the result of emotions, such as tears or laughter. This is a combination of the adverbial particle を, the conjunctive form of the る-Verb 禁(きん)じる ‘to prohibit’, and the 得(え)ない pattern which means ‘to not gain’, but is used in a similar way to できない.
を禁(きん)じ得(え)ない will be seen following nouns, or occasionally verbs that have been nominalized with の.

初(はじ)めて広島(ひろしま)にある平和(へいわ)記念(きねん)資料館(しりょうかん)に行(い)ったとき、涙(なみだ)をこらえるのを禁(きん)じ得(え)なかった。
I could not hold back my tears when I went to the peace museum in Hiroshima for the first time.
息子(むすこ)が生(う)まれたが、いい父親(ちちおや)になれるか不安(ふあん)を禁(きん)じ得(え)ない。
I have a son, but I can't stop worrying about whether I will be a good father.
税金(ぜいきん)を国民(こくみん)のためではなく自分(じぶん)たちのためだけに使(つか)う政治家(せいじか)に怒(いか)りを禁(きん)じ得(え)ない。
I cannot help but be outraged at politicians who spend taxpayers' money only on themselves and not on the people.

Caution

This grammar pattern is almost exclusively used to express one’s own, first-person opinion. Due to this, it may sound unnatural if used to express other’s feelings.

彼(かれ)はあのシーンを見(み)て涙(なみだ)を禁(きん)じ得(え)ないようだ。
It seems like he was not able to hold back his tears when he saw that scene. (Unnatural Japanese)

例文

この生徒(せいと)たちは流暢(りゅうちょう)な日本語(にほんご)でニュースについて議論(ぎろん)していたが、彼(かれ)らは2年(ねん)前(まえ)から日本語(にほんご)を勉強(べんきょう)し始(はじ)めたと聞(き)いて、驚(おどろ)きを禁(きん)じ得(え)なかった。
I could not help being surprised, hearing that these students who were discussing the news in fluent Japanese, had started studying it two years ago.
この不況(ふきょう)の中(なか)、政治家(せいじか)が自分(じぶん)の給与(きゅうよ)を上(あ)げるとの報道(ほうどう)を耳(みみ)にし、怒(いか)りを禁(きん)じ得(え)ません。
I cannot help but feel anger upon hearing the news that the politicians raised their salaries during this time of recession.
を禁じ得ない is often a reaction to hearing or seeing something.
伝記(でんき)：「戦争(せんそう)がこの地方(ちほう)にもたらした破壊(はかい)を見(み)て、涙(なみだ)を禁(きん)じ得(え)なかった。」
Biography: 'I could not hold back tears after seeing the destruction that the war brought upon this area.'
長(なが)い年月(としつき)の後(のち)、互(たが)いに抱(だ)き合(あ)った姿(すがた)に、喜(よろこ)びを禁(きん)じ得(え)ない。
I cannot help but feel joy at seeing those two embracing one another after all these years.
全(すべ)てを失(うしな)った地震(じしん)の被害者(ひがいしゃ)に同情(どうじょう)の念(ねん)を禁(きん)じ得(え)ない。
I cannot help feeling compassion for the victims of the earthquake, who lost everything.
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