得ない

えない

unable to..., cannot...

禁じる

きんじる

to prohibit

禁じ手

きんじて

forbidden move (sumo, shogi, go, etc.), prohibited move, foul

禁じ箸

きんじばし

things prohibited by chopstick etiquette

禁

きん

ban (e.g. on smoking), prohibition

意を得ない

いをえない

beyond one's comprehension, beyond one's grasp

ざる得ない

ざるえない

cannot help (doing), have no choice but to

あり得ない

ありえない

impossible, unlikely, improbable

買い得

かいどく

bargain, good buy

得難い

えがたい

hard to get

得

とく う

to get, to acquire, to obtain, to procure, to earn, to win, to gain, to secure, to attain

やむを得ない

やむをえない

cannot be helped, unavoidable

変わり得ない

かわりえない

not able to change

欲も得もない

よくもとくもない

having thought for neither gain nor greed, only wanting to do something (thinking about nothing else)

せざる得ない

せざるえない

cannot avoid doing, cannot help but (do), is compelled to do, (feel) obliged to (do), has to do

やもう得ない

やもうえない

cannot be helped, unavoidable

ざるを得ない

ざるをえない

cannot help (doing), have no choice but to, am compelled to, am obliged to, it is incumbent upon (me) to

オナ禁

オナきん

(self-imposed) masturbation ban, masturbation abstinence

海禁

かいきん

ban on maritime activities during China's Ming and Qing dynasties