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やむをえない: cannot be helped, unavoidable — Japanese vocabulary

やむをえない means "cannot be helped, unavoidable". JLPT N2 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

やむをえない

Reading
やむをえない · yamuoenai
Translation
cannot be helped, unavoidable
Level
JLPT N2

Example

それはやむを得ないね。

それはやむをえないね。

I can't help it.

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