ざるを得ない (I. 606)

Example sentences

(ks). 
それは高かったが、教科書だったから買わざるを得なかった
It was a textbook so I had no choice but to buy it, although it was expensive.
(a). 
日本へ行けば、日本の習慣に従わざるを得ない
If you go to Japan you cannot help but adapt yourself to Japanese customs.
(b). 
上司に飲みに行こうと言われれば、部下は行かざるを得ない
If a subordinate is told by his superior to go out drinking he cannot help going with him.
(c). 
これだけの人が拳銃で殺されているのだから、拳銃所持をより厳しくコントロールせざるを得ないと思う。
Because this many people have been murdered by guns, I feel that we cannot help but control possession of guns more strictly.
(d). 
ジョンは一年で日本語がすらすら話せて、新聞が楽に読めるようになったのだから、語学の天才と言わざるを得ない
Since John was able to speak Japanese fluently and read newspapers with ease in one year we cannot help calling him a genius of language learning.
(e). 
日本は天然資源の乏しい国だから、経済発展のためには輸出に依存せざるを得ないのである。
Since Japan is a country lacking in natural resources, she cannot help relying on exports.

Formation

Vnegざるを得ない
食べざるを得ないSomeone cannot help eating something
行かざるを得ないSomeone cannot help going there
Exceptionせざるを得ないSomeone cannot help doing something