Grammar a Day - Level 1 [ きんじえない (kinjienai) ]

きんじえない (kinjienai) - can't help feeling

--- Notes ---
怒りや悲しみなどの気持を抑えることができない

--- Examples ---
孤児には同情をきんじえない。
I can't help feeling sorry for the orphans.

同情を禁じえない
cant help feeling sorry for

彼の愚かな振る舞いに怒りを禁じえなかった。
I could not control my anger at his silly behaviour.

不安を禁じえない。
I can't help but be worried.

彼は彼女に驚きを禁じえなかった。
He couldn't help but surprise her.

--- Comments ---
is this the same as (contributor: dc)

Tenaranaiis not the same as 禁じえない. 抑えられない can be the
similar to 禁じえない.
禁じえない would be used when you talk about
feelings.　同情を抑えられない。 (contributor: Miki)

I think the nuance is more towards '(I) can't control/supress'.
It is often used with 怒り,同情,驚き,失望,涙,笑い (contributor:
blabby)

Is this just the verb 禁じる + 得る ? If so, should it have it's own
entry when already exists? (contributor: yookoso)

yookoso, you are right. 禁じる means 抑える or ' to suppress', while
得ない means cannot or できない。禁じ得ない　literally means
禁じることができない／抑えることができない or 'unable
to supress', but this grammar always used together with feelings such as
同情、驚き、失望、涙,.... (contributor: 誠)

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